Clinical Study
Intestinal/Peritoneal Tuberculosis in Children: An Analysis of Autopsy Cases
Table 2
Intestinal tuberculosis: general features (17 cases).
| | Primary 8 cases | Secondary 9 cases | Total 17 cases |
| Age (months) | | | | Range | 16–152 | 5–156 | 5–156 | Mean | 67 | 92 | 80 | Median | 48 | 120 | 72 | Duration (months) | | | | Range | 3–36 | 0.5–12 | 0.5–36 | Mean | 9.8 | 5.3 | 7.5 | Median | 6 | 6 | 6 | Gender | | | | Female | 6 | 6 | 12 | Male | 2 | 3 | 5 | Human TB contact | 1/8 | 4/9 | 5/17 | Etiology* | | | | M. | 6 | 0 | 6 | M. tuberculosis | 0 | 2 | 2 | M. unclassified | 1 | 1 | 2 | Negative | 0 | 3 | 3 | Not cultured | 1 | 3 | 4 | Clinical diagnosis | | | | Tuberculosis | 8 | 5 | 13 | Gastroenteritis | 0 | 3 | 3 | Lymphoma | 0 | 1 | 1 | Local symptoms | | | | Abdominal pain | 8 (47%) | 9 (53%) | 17 | Diarrhea | 6 (46%) | 7 (54%) | 13 | Ascites | 5 (42%) | 7 (58%) | 12 | Abdominal mass | 4 (40%) | 6 (60%) | 10 | Perforation | 3 (43%) | 4 (57%) | 7 | Bleeding | 1 (20%) | 4 (80%) | 5 | Intestinal obstruction | 3 (75%) | 1 (25%) | 4 |
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*Statistically significant, Fisher’s exact test.
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