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Tuberculosis among elderly patients: diagnostic and therapeutic challenges (2020-2024)
Global Journal of Epidemiology and Infectious Disease
| Vol 6, Issue 1
Table 1. Data Collected For The Period2020-2024
| AgeGroups | Male patients | Female patients |
| Pulmonary form (only lung involvement) | ||
| 0-4 | 11 | 5 |
| 5-14 | 9 | 6 |
| 15-24 | 104 | 64 |
| 25-34 | 126 | 58 |
| 35-44 | 110 | 31 |
| 45-54 | 121 | 22 |
| 55-64 | 114 | 32 |
| >65 | 179 | 105 |
| Total | 774 | 323 |
| Extrapulmonary involvement | ||
| 0-4 | 2 | 2 |
| 5-14 | 2 | 1 |
| 15-24 | 20 | 20 |
| 25-34 | 18 | 18 |
| 35-44 | 13 | 16 |
| 45-54 | 16 | 11 |
| 55-64 | 20 | 11 |
| > 65 | 46 | 22 |
| Total | 137 | 101 |