Prevalence of Genital Tuberculosis among Infertile Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS) - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 4
Abstract
Genital tuberculosis is a kind of infectious diseases with a relatively high prevalence in developing countries. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of genital tuberculosis among infertile women. A PubMed, Science Direct, Scopus, Google Scholar, SID, Magiran and Cochrane databases (from 1980 to the present, date of last search March 2016) was carried out using the search keywords tuberculosis, genital tuberculosis, female genital, genital tract, genital system, female infertility, endometrial tuberculosis, anti-tubercular therapy, bacteriological, tuberculin antigen, histological, infertility, fallopian tube diseases, prevalence, rate, percent in order to find the studies which have reported the prevalence of genital tuberculosis among infertile women. Data were extracted from retrieved studies and a meta-analysis was done. 23 studies were found. In these studies a total of 4361 infertile women have been studied. The prevalence of genital tuberculosis among infertile women with 95% confidence interval was 24.2% (18.5-29.99). The prevalence of genital tuberculosis among infertile women is high. It seems that exact planning and action for the prevention and treatment of genital tuberculosis can reduce the infertility prevalence and prevent the negative consequences of infertility.
Authors and Affiliations
Kefayat Chaman-Ara| Obstetrician and Gynecologist, Mehr Hospital, Borazjan, Iran, Mohammad Amin Bahrami| Associate Professor, Healthcare Management Department, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran, Elham Bahrami| Obstetrician and Gynecologist, Ayatollah Khatami Hospital, Yazd, Iran, Sima Bahrami| Medicine Student, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran, Mohammad Nabi Bahrami| Orthopaedic Resident, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Mahmood Moosazadeh| Assistant Professor, Health Sciences Research Center, Faculty of Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran, Omid Barati| Assistant professor, Healthcare management department, Shiraz university of medical sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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