Pattern of tuberculosis in general practice.

J Pak Med Assoc

PMRC Research Center, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center, Karachi.

Published: June 1998

An audit of 690 cases of tuberculosis out of 46,276 patients seen during the last 25 years in a busy general practice is reported. Of the 690 cases, 67% were pulmonary, 33% extra-pulmonary TB. Modes of both types of tuberculosis are described and the reason for increased incidence of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis are discussed.

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