Abstract
Background:Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis can affect the lymph nodes, pleura, bones, joints, genitourinary tract, nervous system (meningitis, tuberculoma), abdominal tuberculosis (intestines, mesentery, solid organs), skin. Materials and Methods: It is a record based, observational prospective study which assesses the presentation and evaluation of the socio-economic distribution of extrapulmonary tuberculosis and management of it in a tertiary care hospital. Result: In present study, out of 50 cases 52% patients were from low socio-economic class, 44% patients were from middle socioeconomic class and 4% were from high socio-economic class. Conclusion:The frequency of extrapulmonary TB in this study was highest in low socio-economic class followed by middle and high socio-economic class.
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