Prevalence, clinical forms, and outcome of triple therapy of childhood tuberculosis

ABSTRACT

The aim of this work was to study the prevalence, clinical forms and efficacy of triple therapy of childhood tuberculosis to form a strategy for intervention. A total number of 260685 children was included in the study, there were 163 tuberculous children and the prevalence rate of TB was 0.06% with a range of 0.05-0.09%. The maximally affected age group was 0-5 years old and the lowest was 5-10 years. Pulmonary TB was the most common form [99], followed by extrapulmonary TB [64]. Drug susceptible mild and moderate pulmonary and lymph node TB were effectively treated by a triple therapy for six months, while cases with extensive pulmonary and extrapulmonary TB needed a nine-month duration therapy