Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is sanitary and national research priority. Scientific production on TB in Peru has not been studied. Objectives: To analyze publications on tuberculosis (TB) done in Peru in the period 1981-2010. Design: Bibliometric study on tuberculosis in Peru. Setting: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos and Instituto Nacional de Salud, Lima, Peru. Analysis unit: Original articles including reports and series of cases completely developed in Peru or multicentre studies with participation of Peruvian settings. Interventions: Bibliographic search was performed in journals with indization in Medline, SciELO and LILACS 1981-2010. Year of publication, authors, time for realization, language, study area, publication type, study design, study field, population studied, type of research as defined by WHO, institutions participating, financing, and impact factor were regist...