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MULTIFOCAL TUBERCULOSIS AMONG CHILDREN ABOUT 35 CASES

Sanaa HAMMI, Hajar Slimani, Hatim KOUISMI, Jamal-Eddine BOURKADI


Multifocal childhood TB remains underestimated. It can occur at any age. Usually on a plot of immunosuppression especially HIV infection, but it can also occur in immunocompetent children. This is a retrospective and prospective study over a period of 11 years between January 2004 and July 2015. During that period, 1 122 children are hospitalized Pneumo-pediatric department at the Moulay Youssef hospital in Rabat. Amongthem, 35 patients (3.11%) are achieved multifocal tuberculosis. We show through this work the frequency of multifocal tuberculosis in immunocompetent children and the different reported damages while noting the difficulty of diagnosis in front of clinical polymorphism