Extrapulmonary tuberculosis

ABSTRACT

Tuberculosis is still one of the most prevalent communicable diseases in the developing countries. There is no evidence that such incidence is decreasing [Medical Research Council 1979]. The lungs are the commonest site of primary infection, but extrapulmonary sites may become infected either primarily or secondarily to pulmonary disease. The aim of this paper is to focus attention on the prevalence of extrapulmonary tuberculosis among people in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia