Gastrointestinal and abdominal Tuberculosis in Golestan-Iran: A 5-years report

Background&Objective: 15-20% of TB cases are extra pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB). Abdominal TB is the most common type of extra intestinal TB. Signs and symptoms of abdominal TB are unspecific. In this study, we identified all GITB cases in Golestan province (Iran) between 1999 and 2003 and dete...

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Main Authors: Semnani Sh, Besharat S, Rafiee S, Keshtkar AA, Roshandel Gh, Abdolahi N, Jabbari A
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Published: Golestan University of Medical Sciences 2006-10-01
Series:مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی گرگان
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Online Access:http://goums.ac.ir/journal/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-72&slc_lang=en&sid=1
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spelling doaj-2373107367754735a525676059fde7b12020-11-25T01:26:03ZfasGolestan University of Medical Sciences مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی گرگان1562-47652008-40802006-10-01832428Gastrointestinal and abdominal Tuberculosis in Golestan-Iran: A 5-years reportSemnani Sh0Besharat S1Rafiee S2Keshtkar AA3Roshandel Gh4Abdolahi N5Jabbari A6 Background&Objective: 15-20% of TB cases are extra pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB). Abdominal TB is the most common type of extra intestinal TB. Signs and symptoms of abdominal TB are unspecific. In this study, we identified all GITB cases in Golestan province (Iran) between 1999 and 2003 and determined their demographic characteristics. Materials&Methods: We reviewed all new cases of TB reported during 1999-2003 from TB centers of Golestan province .Then EPTB and especially GI and abdominal TB cases were selected. We completed a questionnaire containing demographic information for each of them. The information entered the computer in SPSS-13 was used to analyze the data. Results: 30 patients had been treated for GI and abdominal TB, most of them were females (22 cases, 73.3%). Mean age of the patients was 32.03±13.73 with higher incidence in age before 40 years old (70%). Most common complaints of the patients were fatigue, weight loss, anorexia, fever and abdominal pain, respectively. In 66.7% of patients the diagnosis was pathologically documented. Conclusion: Our data suggest that 38.46% of all TB cases in Golestan province were EPTB, and this scale is higher than other studies. In this study, 5.27% of EPTB cases were GI and abdominal TB, higher than the world reports (3%).http://goums.ac.ir/journal/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-72&slc_lang=en&sid=1TuberculosisExtra Pulmonary TuberculosisGastrointestinal and abdominal TuberculosisGolestan
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author Semnani Sh
Besharat S
Rafiee S
Keshtkar AA
Roshandel Gh
Abdolahi N
Jabbari A
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Besharat S
Rafiee S
Keshtkar AA
Roshandel Gh
Abdolahi N
Jabbari A
Gastrointestinal and abdominal Tuberculosis in Golestan-Iran: A 5-years report
مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی گرگان
Tuberculosis
Extra Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Gastrointestinal and abdominal Tuberculosis
Golestan
author_facet Semnani Sh
Besharat S
Rafiee S
Keshtkar AA
Roshandel Gh
Abdolahi N
Jabbari A
author_sort Semnani Sh
title Gastrointestinal and abdominal Tuberculosis in Golestan-Iran: A 5-years report
title_short Gastrointestinal and abdominal Tuberculosis in Golestan-Iran: A 5-years report
title_full Gastrointestinal and abdominal Tuberculosis in Golestan-Iran: A 5-years report
title_fullStr Gastrointestinal and abdominal Tuberculosis in Golestan-Iran: A 5-years report
title_full_unstemmed Gastrointestinal and abdominal Tuberculosis in Golestan-Iran: A 5-years report
title_sort gastrointestinal and abdominal tuberculosis in golestan-iran: a 5-years report
publisher Golestan University of Medical Sciences
series مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی گرگان
issn 1562-4765
2008-4080
publishDate 2006-10-01
description Background&Objective: 15-20% of TB cases are extra pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB). Abdominal TB is the most common type of extra intestinal TB. Signs and symptoms of abdominal TB are unspecific. In this study, we identified all GITB cases in Golestan province (Iran) between 1999 and 2003 and determined their demographic characteristics. Materials&Methods: We reviewed all new cases of TB reported during 1999-2003 from TB centers of Golestan province .Then EPTB and especially GI and abdominal TB cases were selected. We completed a questionnaire containing demographic information for each of them. The information entered the computer in SPSS-13 was used to analyze the data. Results: 30 patients had been treated for GI and abdominal TB, most of them were females (22 cases, 73.3%). Mean age of the patients was 32.03±13.73 with higher incidence in age before 40 years old (70%). Most common complaints of the patients were fatigue, weight loss, anorexia, fever and abdominal pain, respectively. In 66.7% of patients the diagnosis was pathologically documented. Conclusion: Our data suggest that 38.46% of all TB cases in Golestan province were EPTB, and this scale is higher than other studies. In this study, 5.27% of EPTB cases were GI and abdominal TB, higher than the world reports (3%).
topic Tuberculosis
Extra Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Gastrointestinal and abdominal Tuberculosis
Golestan
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