Abstracto

A Study on Clinical Profile of Childhood Tuberculosis at a Tertiary Care Hospital

K Nagaraj, and Ramesh K

A Descriptive study was carried out at a tertiary care hospital to know the clinical profile of pediatric patients with tuberculosis. After obtaining consent, a thorough clinical examination was done followed by investigations to confirm the diagnosis. Totally data was collected from 50patients and data was compiled and analyzed. It was observed that Majority of cases were around 6 years of age (64%) least belonged to < 1 years of age with 6% incidence. Incidence in boys is more than girls. It can be observed that commonest type was pulmonary TB accounting 62% of cases.