1 General Physician, Universidad Libre, Barranquilla, Colombia.
2 Pediatrician, Universidad Libre, Barranquilla, Colombia.
3 General Physician, Corporación Universitaria Rafael Nuñez, Colombia.
4 General Physician, Universidad de Cartagena, Colombia.
5 General Physician, Universidad del Sinú, Colombia.
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2026, 29(01), 1989-1994
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2026.29.1.4238
Received 11 November 2025; revised on 20 December 2025; accepted on 22 December 2025
Background: Tuberculosis is a highly contagious disease that is prevalent in underdeveloped countries. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), this disease is defined by its anatomical location.
Methodology: A narrative review was conducted using various databases from 2017 to 2021; the search and selection of articles was carried out in indexed journals in English and Spanish. The following keywords were used: tuberculosis, extrapulmonary, characteristics, epidemiological.
Results: The main epidemiological characteristics aim to quantify the evolution of extrapulmonary tuberculosis within a certain time frame in a specific geographical area or population.
Conclusion: Patients diagnosed with extrapulmonary tuberculosis may present different clinical manifestations depending on where the tuberculosis has spread, but this does not differ from the global epidemiological context.
Tuberculosis; Extrapulmonary; Characteristics; Epidemiological
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Jose Correa Guerra, Zulay Manjarres Gil, Alan Miranda Ruiz, Maria Paula Lobo Garcia, Maria Aguilar Vergara and Natalia Perez Peña. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis epidemiological characteristics. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2026, 29(01), 1989-1994. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2026.29.1.4238.
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