Yeungnam Univ J Med.  1994 Dec;11(2):240-247. 10.12701/yujm.1994.11.2.240.

Isolation of Acid-fast bacilli from Tissues of Extrapulmonay Tuberculosis

• Rho JW
• Choi HJ
• Kim HI
• Chung JH
• Lee KH
• Lee HW
• Lee SB

• KMID: 2352239
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12701/yujm.1994.11.2.240

Abstract

To evaluate the isolation rate of acid-fast bacilli on Ziehl-Neelsen stain from biopsy specimens of extrapulmonary tuberculosis proven by chronic granulomatous inflammation, 286 cases of extrapulmonary tuberculosis were reviewed and the results are as follows : 1) Mean age was 27.3 years old and lymphatic tuberculosis was more prevalent in the female but others were more common in the male. 2) The most common site of extrapulmonary tuberculosis was pleura (103 cases ; 36%) followed by lymph nodes (87 cases ; 30.4%), gastrointestinal tract (27 cases ; 9.4%), skin and soft tissue (23 cases ; 8.0%), bone (19 cases ; 6.6%), urinary tract (14 cases ; 4.6%), larynx (9 cases ; 3.2%) and breast (5 cases ; 1.8%) in order of frequencies. 3) Of 286 cases, 30.4%, (87 cases) of the biopsy specimens showed acid fast bacilli on microscopy. The isolation rate according to the sites was slightly higher in breast and lymph nodes as 3 of 5 cases (60.0%) and 35 of 87 cases (40.2%) respectively, and followed by 3 of 9 cases (33.3%) in the larynx, 4 of 13 cases (30.8%) in the urinary tract, 5 of 19 cases (26.3%) in the bone, 7 of 27 cases (25.9%) in the gastrointestinal tract, 26 of 103 cases (25.2%) in the pleura, and 4 of 23 cases (17.4%) in the skin and soft tissue, in order of frequencies. 4) The prevalence of extrapulmonary tuberculosis associated with pulmonary tuberculosis on chest X-ray was 85 of 286 cases (29.7%).

MeSH Terms

Biopsy
Breast
Female
Gastrointestinal Tract
Humans
Inflammation
Larynx
Lymph Nodes
Male
Microscopy
Pleura
Prevalence
Skin
Thorax
Tuberculosis*
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
Urinary Tract