The Current Status of TB in Children of Bangladesh

ABSTRACT

Objective: In this study our main goal is to evaluate the currentstatus on TB in children of Bangladesh.Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted at thesecondary level hospital in the 250 Bed General Hospital, Feni,Bangladesh from Jan 2016 to Jan 2017 among selected 100children between 1 to 10 years. Data was collected inpreformed data collection sheet by interviewing the patient’sattendants during the study.Results: In this experiment (62%) were male and (38%) werefemale. 6% patients previously diagnosed with TB. Also, 62%had extrapulmonary TB whereas 38% had pulmonary TB.Conclusion: In this study we found that extra pulmonarytuberculosis was more than PTB. Extra precautionary stepsshould be taken to control TB among children in Bangladesh;Further study is needed for better outcome.