Demographic pattern and clinical characteristics of patients with smear- positive pulmonary tuberculosis in kuwait.

Objective: The aim of this study was to document various clinical factors that are likely to be of help in the control of tuberculosis in Kuwait.

Subjects And Methods: Details of patients with sputum positive for acid-fast bacilli in the period from January 1998 to December 2000 were collected retrospectively from the case records and population statistics from government sources. The data were then tabulated and analyzed.