Intestinal/Peritoneal Tuberculosis in Children: An Analysis of Autopsy Cases

Table 2

Intestinal tuberculosis: general features (17 cases).

	Primary 8 cases	Secondary 9 cases	Total 17 cases
Age (months)
Range	16–152	5–156	5–156
Mean	67	92	80
Median	48	120	72
Duration (months)
Range	3–36	0.5–12	0.5–36
Mean	9.8	5.3	7.5
Median	6	6	6
Gender
Female	6	6	12
Male	2	3	5
Human TB contact	1/8	4/9	5/17
Etiology*
M.   𝑏𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑠^∗	6	0	6
M. tuberculosis	0	2	2
M. unclassified	1	1	2
Negative	0	3	3
Not cultured	1	3	4
Clinical diagnosis
Tuberculosis	8	5	13
Gastroenteritis	0	3	3
Lymphoma	0	1	1
Local symptoms
Abdominal pain	8 (47%)	9 (53%)	17
Diarrhea	6 (46%)	7 (54%)	13
Ascites	5 (42%)	7 (58%)	12
Abdominal mass	4 (40%)	6 (60%)	10
Perforation	3 (43%)	4 (57%)	7
Bleeding	1 (20%)	4 (80%)	5
Intestinal obstruction	3 (75%)	1 (25%)	4

*Statistically significant, 𝑃=0.02, Fisher’s exact test.