Ibrahim Mamadou A K, Harouna Amadou M L, Toudou Daouda M, Hama Aghali N, Abdoulaye O, Moussa I
Service de médecine et spécialités médicales, centre hospitalier régional de Tahoua, Tahoua, Niger.
Service d'infectiologie, hôpital régional de Maradi, faculté des sciences de la santé de l'université de Maradi, Maradi, Niger.
Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 2020;113(5):263-267. doi: 10.3166/bspe-2020-0153.
This study aims to describe the epidemiological, clinical, therapeutic characteristics of patients followed for tuberculosis at the Regional Hospital Center of Tahoua (Niger) as well as their outcomes.We conducted a retrospective and descriptive study from the medical records of patients followed for tuberculosis between January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2019. A total of 465 patients were included in the present study (304 men and 161 women; mean age: 30 years). Patients coming from urban areas represented 51% of the cases. Bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis represented 63% of the cases, 15% of clinically diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis and 22% of extrapulmonary tuberculosis including Pott's disease. The HIV testing rate was 97.8%. Tuberculosis-HIV association represented 13% of the cases. The therapeutic success was 90.5%. The lethality rate was 5.2% (24/465). Among 24 patients who died, three had tuberculosis-HIV association.
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