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Pediatrics Conference 2018

Journal of Pediatric Care

ISSN: 2471-805X

Page 48

March 26-27, 2018

Edinburgh, Scotland

Edition of International Congress on

Pediatrics

Introduction:

Tuberculosis remains a major public health problem

in Senegal despite all the means used to deal with this disease. In

an attempt to strengthen tuberculosis control in children, it was

envisaged to undertake this study, the main objective of which

was to describe the epidemiological, clinical and evolutionary

profile of tuberculosis cases, all types taken together, in children

monitored at the Centre hospitalier Roi Baudouin de Guédiawaye.

Materials & Methods:

A descriptive retrospective study was

carried out from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2014 in the

Centre hospitalier Roi Baudouin de Guédiawaye located in the

Dakar suburbs. Tuberculosis cases diagnosed in children during

the reporting period were compiled from patient records specially

designed for this purpose. The data was entered on Excel and the

analysis was done using Stata IC 12 software.

Results:

A total of 121 new cases of tuberculosis were reported in

children during the study period. The average age of the children

was 10.84 years. The study population was predominantly female

(52.89%). Pulmonary location was more frequent with 70.25%

of cases. Extra pulmonary locations were mainly represented

by lymph node (30.55%), osteoarticular (16.67%) and pleural

(13.89%) forms. The bacilloscopy was positive in 47.93% of the

cases. Tuberculosis was associated with HIV in 14.05% of cases.

The evolution was favorable in the majority of cases and the

hospital mortality was 4.96%.

Conclusion:

Given that childhood tuberculosis is still common

and mortality high, there is need for further studies to identify the

factors contributing to the fact that this epidemiological situation

remains unchanged.

Tuberculosis in children in a hospital in the suburbs of Dakar,

Senegal

Jean Baptiste Niokhor Diouf

Dakar, Senegal

J Pediatr Care, Volume 4

DOI: 10.21767/2471-805X-C1-006