Introduction.

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacillus, that can be considered a danger for health workers, since as the risk of infection could be major for these workers with regard to the population in general.

Objective.

This descriptive and retrospective study pretend to characterize to the health workers with diagnosis of tuberculosis in the Bogota city D.C. in the period between 2011- 2014.

Methods.

It has been identified one hundred cases with TB in the health workers, being most affected doctors, female workers and ages between 25 and 29 years. The 56% corresponded to extrapulmonary TB and it show 15 cases of co-infection TB/HIV.

Results.

The maj ority of cases had completed the treatment, there were four cases of death. It is necessary creating the TB occupational surveillance systems in health institutions and continue with investigations on this subject of importance to the public and labor sectors of which there is little information in the country.

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