Childhood cutaneous tuberculosis: a 20-year retrospective study in Tunis.

Despite prevention programs, tuberculosis is still endemic in developing countries. We assessed the epidemiologic and clinical profiles of childhood cutaneous tuberculosis in our dermatology department from 1981 to 2000 and compared it to previous Tunisian reports and to the relevant literature. This is a retrospective study over a 20-year period (1981-2000) in a large teaching hospital of the capital.