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Head and neck tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 January 2014

Z B Khuzwayo  and
T K Naidu
Z B Khuzwayo*
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
T K Naidu
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
*
Address for correspondence: Dr Z B Khuzwayo, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X07, Congella, Durban 4004, Republic of South Africa Fax: +27 866 12 66 33 E-mail: farm.boy@live.co.za
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Abstract

Objective:

To describe the clinical features of head and neck tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Study design:

Retrospective, observational study.

Method:

The study included 358 patients who received a histopathologically and/or microbiologically confirmed diagnosis of tuberculosis in the head and neck region between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2011.

Results:

A total of 358 new cases of head and neck tuberculosis were identified during the study period, involving 196 males (54.7 per cent) and 162 females (45.3 per cent). These patients had a median age of 31 years (range, 3 months to 83 years). Testing for human immunodeficiency virus was positive in 233 (65.1 per cent) and negative in 125 (34.9 per cent). Right-sided cervical lymphadenitis was the commonest form of presentation of head and neck tuberculosis.

Conclusion:

In this study, right-sided cervical lymphadenopathy was the commonest presentation of head and neck tuberculosis in both human immunodeficiency virus infected and non-infected individuals. Head and neck tuberculosis should not be excluded solely based on a normal chest X-ray, nor on the absence of constitutional symptoms.

Keywords

TuberculosisLymph NodesLymphadenitisRetropharyngeal AbscessHuman Immunodeficiency Virus

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 128 , Issue 1 , January 2014 , pp. 86 - 90
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 2014 

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