The Spectrum of Extra pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Microbiological, Clinical and Epidemiological Retrospective Review in Chitradurga Region

Out of 6.2 million cases of the Tuberculosis in the world notified to the WHO in 2011, 5.8million were new cases and of the latter, 0.8million cases had Extra-pulmonary Tuberculosis. Thus Extra-pulmonary Tuberculosis (EPTB) is defined as the isolated occurrence of TB in any part of the body other than the lungs. The objective of our study was to approach the microbiological, clinical and epidemiological spectrum of the people having the EPTB in Chitradurga district.  A retrospective study was carried out by collecting the data of the period of one year (Jan-Dec 2012) in the Chitradurga region by obtaining permission from Institutional Human Ethical committee. The results of the present study revealed that among 179 patients, the male patients were 96and female patients were 83, also the EPTB was found to more in the age group of 21-40years, even it was detected that the microbial culture of sputum shown the negative result in 178 patients of EPTB. Also the most commonly found EPTB was Pleural Effusion. The treatment regimen included for 173 patients were Category-1 treatment of Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) and 6 patientsCategory-2 treatment were given. Our study concluded that the EPTB was found more in 21-40years of patients and the most common affected part was Pleural Effusion in 66populations. With this we conclude that, this study required more patient education towards improvement in their health status and also in eradicating the EPTB.