DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2019.v07i09.039

Pages: 3104-3112

Background: Tuberculosis in Bangladesh is a significant health problem. Bangladesh ranked 6th in that list among the world's 22 largest TB burden nations. It is estimated that around 880 fresh instances of TB and 176 fatalities of TB happen daily in Bangladesh. Objective: This study was carried out to measure the impact of socio-economic and demographic status of the children contacts with pulmonary tuberculosis. Method: This was a prospective observational study. This study was conducted in the department of Pediatrics, Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka for duration of three (3) years, from July 2015 to July 2018. About 384 population under 12 years children who were close contacted with adult open pulmonary tuberculosis patients, were taken as study sample. Results: This study was found the majority of tuberculosis patients stayed in urban slum in comparison to LTBI and healthy contact (81.25% vs. 30.77% vs. 39.26%). Malnutrition was one of the contributing factors in current study population and more than 90% of tuberculosis patients were severe underweight in this study.