TITLE:
Pulmonary and Extra-Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Epidemiological and Diagnostic Aspects at Sominé DOLO Hospital in Mopti
AUTHORS:
Dramane Samake, Modibo Coulibaly, Mamadou Sayon Keita, Mamoutou Dembele, Aboubacar Sidiki Traore, Damissa Samuel Coulibaly, Oumar Guindo, Madou Traore, Bakary Sayon Keita, Sounkalo Dao
KEYWORDS:
Tuberculosis, Clinical Aspects, Epidemiology, Hospital Sominé DOLO, Mopti
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Tuberculosis Research,
Vol.9 No.1,
March
31,
2021
ABSTRACT: Despite the efforts made to fight the tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis still remains a public health problem, particularly for low-income countries.
According to the World Health Organization data, our country, Mali has detected
only half of the 10,385 cases of tuberculosis expected for 2014 for a
population of 17,309,000 inhabitants. The objective of this present work was to
describe the different clinical aspects and the epidemiology of tuberculosis at
Hospital Sominé Dolo in Mopti.
We performed a retro-prospective and descriptive of tuberculosis cases
diagnosed in our department of medicine between May 2016 and August 2018. A
total of 96 tuberculosis cases were recorded, i.e. 4.6% and 1.0% for hospitalizations and consultations
patterns, respectively. The median of age was 41 with extremes from 5 to 80
years. The age group [31 - 40 years] was the most affected with 20.8%. Men and women were affected
in identical proportions, i.e. 50%. Pulmonary locations were the most frequent with 55.2%. Pleural
tuberculosis was far the most frequent of the extra-pulmonary forms with 24.0%
followed by the peritoneal and bone localization with 6.3% each. The majority
of patients were followed on an outpatient basis, i.e. 90.6%. The disease lethality was 7.3%. Our data show
that the cases of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis are in an increasing proportion and their
diagnosis confirmation remains difficult in our context.