EXTRAPULMONARY INFECTION WITH MYCOBACTERI UM-TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX

In a retrospective study we reviewed all records of patients with newl y diagnosed Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex infection during the ye ars 1990-1994. Of the 45 patients identified, 27 (60%) had only pulmon ary tuberculosis and 18 (40%) had extrapulmonary tuberculosis with (5 patients, 11%) or without (13 patients, 18%) concomitant pulmonary inf ection. The extrapulmonary manifestations were as follows: miliary 5, joint 3, meningeal 2, pleural 2, kidney 1, peritoneal 1, bone 1, psoas 1, lymphatic 1, and anal 1. In the 18 patients with extrapulmonary tu berculosis the infection was due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis 14 time s, Mycobacterium bovis twice, and Mycobacterium bovis BCG once.