[Clinical aspects and evolution of lymph node tuberculosis [77 Cases]]

ABSTRACT

Clinical Aspects and Evolution of Lymph Node Tuberculosis Between July 1981 and May 1990, 77 patients were hospitalized for tubercular adenopathy; the majority had a low economic status and only 7% had received the BCG vaccination. The infected lymph node was either isolated [n = 36] or associated with other infections the adenopathy was profond [n = 21] and / or more frequently peripheral [n = 72]. Cervical adenopathy was the most common. The tuberculin PPD test was positive in 61% of the patients. Wheras confirmation by diagnosis was available in 66 cases [86%]. Evolution following anti-tuberculosis treatment, with multiple therapies most often used, was favorable in 65 cases; treatment was unfavorable in 7 patients having multiple associated visceral infections