Profile of paediatric tuberculosis patients in Bangalore Mahanagar Palike area
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Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be one of the most devastating and widespread infections in the world.11% of the cases occur in children causing morbidity and mortality worldwide. Methodology: An observational study was conducted among paediatric patients registered under Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) in Bangalore to know their sociodemographic and disease profile from January 2009-December 2009. Observation: The study revealed that the mean age of the subjects studied was 7.5 years, the most number were in the 1-6 year age group with a male to female ratio of 0.6:1, thus there were more cases of tuberculosis in female children. Majority of the subjects were undernourished and belonged to low socioeconomic status (95.2 %). Twenty three percent gave a history of contact with tuberculosis patients, 76.5 % of the subjects had BCG scar and and 43.5% of them had extra pulmonary TB.
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