Introduction: Globally, it is estimated that two hundred thousand children died from tuberculosis from 2010 to 2012, due to certain clinical and laboratory peculiarities that difficult the diagnose and delay treatment in childhood. Objective: To characterize epidemiologically the tuberculosis in children and adolescents.

Materials and methods: This is a retrospective cohort study, carried out georeferencing in the laboratory and evaluation of the density of the cases by neighborhood.

Results: In the 67 patients analyzed, 36 were female and 31 were male. As for the age group, 39 patients had 11 to 14years, 12 had less than to 2years, 9 had 3 to 6years, 7 had 7 to 10years old. There were 32 positive bacilloscopies in the first examination and 30 in the second, 52 cases of pulmonary form of the disease and 52 patients were discharged for cure, but 5 deaths were also recorded in the study. There was a high prevalence of cases in the neighborhoods of Jaderlândia, Heliolândia and Coqueiro.

Conclusion: The characterization of tuberculosis in the studied age group in underdeveloped country was done sucessfully. It was observed a greater prevalence mostly on poor neighborhood.Introduction: Globally, it is estimated that two hundred thousand children died from tuberculosis from 2010 to 2012, due to certain clinical and laboratory peculiarities that difficult the diagnose and delay treatment in childhood. Objective: To characterize epidemiologically the tuberculosis in children and adolescents.

Materials and methods: This is a retrospective cohort study, carried out georeferencing in the laboratory and evaluation of the density of the cases by neighborhood.

Results: In the 67 patients analyzed, 36 were female and 31 were male. As for the age group, 39 patients had 11 to 14years, 12 had less than to 2years, 9 had 3 to 6years, 7 had 7 to 10years old. There were 32 positive bacilloscopies in the first examination and 30 in the second, 52 cases of pulmonary form of the disease and 52 patients were discharged for cure, but 5 deaths were also recorded in the study. There was a high prevalence of cases in the neighborhoods of Jaderlândia, Heliolândia and Coqueiro.

Conclusion: The characterization of tuberculosis in the studied age group in underdeveloped country was done sucessfully. It was observed a greater prevalence mostly on poor neighborhood.Introduction: Globally, it is estimated that two hundred thousand children died from tuberculosis from 2010 to 2012, due to certain clinical and laboratory peculiarities that difficult the diagnose and delay treatment in childhood. Objective: To characterize epidemiologically the tuberculosis in children and adolescents.

Materials and methods: This is a retrospective cohort study, carried out georeferencing in the laboratory and evaluation of the density of the cases by neighborhood.

Results: In the 67 patients analyzed, 36 were female and 31 were male. As for the age group, 39 patients had 11 to 14years, 12 had less than to 2years, 9 had 3 to 6years, 7 had 7 to 10years old. There were 32 positive bacilloscopies in the first examination and 30 in the second, 52 cases of pulmonary form of the disease and 52 patients were discharged for cure, but 5 deaths were also recorded in the study. There was a high prevalence of cases in the neighborhoods of Jaderlândia, Heliolândia and Coqueiro.

Conclusion: The characterization of tuberculosis in the studied age group in underdeveloped country was done sucessfully. It was observed a greater prevalence mostly on poor neighborhood.