ABSTRACT

A retrospective study was done about extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Medical Center "20 de Noviembre" from 1983 to 1999 in Mexico City. The purpose was to evaluate this disease in the Social Security Government Services. Twenty four cases, 14 male and 10 female were registered. The range of ages were from 6 months to 70 years old. All patients were sent from other hospitals of the City and other states of Mexico, with different diagnosis, but none as tuberculosis. The diagnostic procedures were followed, and the localization in abdomen, the lymph nodes, the meninges and the spin were analyzed in all ages. Also in all cases concomitants diseases were diagnosed as AIDS, malnutrition, and alcoholism. At this time, tuberculosis is present in Mexico, and it is important to think in this disease and to follow diagnostic procedures in patients with immunodeficient diseases.

KEYWORDS

Postprimary tuberculosis, pathogenesis, immunodeficiency.

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