Epidemiology and clinicodemographic features of microbiologically confirmed and presumptive extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Ethiopia: a multicenter study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the magnitude and factors associated with extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) and examine differences in clinicodemographic features compared to presumptive EPTB.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted between August 2022 and October 2023 to enroll 542 participants from eleven public hospitals. Microbiologic confirmations of EPTB were made using Xpert MTB/RIF-Ultra and TB culture. Clinicodemographic variables were described using frequency and compared using chi-square and regression statistics.

Result

The prevalence of culture-confirmed EPTB was 34.9% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 30.9-39.0). The mean platelet count distribution was higher among microbiologically confirmed EPTB (P <0.001), whereas leukocytosis and erythrocytopeni

SUBMITTER: Mollalign H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12547019 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature