Abstract
We reviewed all 341 cases of abdominal tuberculosis reported in Canada between 1970 and 1981. Over the study period abdominal tuberculosis accounted for a stable proportion (0.8%) of all reported cases of tuberculosis in Canada. Its incidence declined steadily. It was more common in women, in native Indians and in people born in Asia. Detailed records of the 55 cases reported to Statistics Canada from British Columbia and of an additional 31 cases not reported to Statistics Canada (usually because they involved concomitant disease elsewhere, notably the lungs) were studied. Five of the 55 cases reported to Statistics Canada had been reported incorrectly. Of the 81 cases in British Columbia 51% involved peritonitis, 21% ileocecal disease, 20% anorectal disease, 10% mesenteric lymphadenitis, 1% disease of the sigmoid colon and 1% disease of the liver. The rate of bacteriologic confirmation was low (51%).
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