Clinical Study
Intestinal/Peritoneal Tuberculosis in Children: An Analysis of Autopsy Cases
Table 1
Isolated peritoneal tuberculosis: general features (7 cases).
| Age (months) | | Range (min–max) | 9–168 | Mean | 92 | Median | 84 | Duration (months) | | Range (min–max) | 1–6 | Mean | 3.8 | Median | 4 | Gender | | Female | 1 | Male | 6 | Human TB contact | 0 | Etiology | | M. tuberculosis | 2 | M. bovis | 1 | Negative | 4 | Primary infection | | Pulmonary | 4 | Probably intestinal | 2 | Not determined | 1 | Dissemination | | Generalized (miliary) | 5 | Localized (peritoneal) | 2 |
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