International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 4

Prevalence of genital tuberculosis among infertile women: A systematic review and meta-analysis

  • Author:
  • Kefayat Chaman-Ara1, Mohammad Amin Bahrami2, Elham Bahrami3, Sima Bahrami4, Mohammad Nabi Bahrami5, Mahmood Moosazadeh6, Omid Barati7
  • Total Page Count: 8
  • Page Number: 208 to 215

1Obstetrician and Gynecologist, Mehr Hospital, Borazjan, Iran

2Associate Professor, Healthcare Management Department, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

3Obstetrician and Gynecologist, Ayatollah Khatami Hospital, Yazd, Iran

4Medicine Student, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

5Orthopaedic Resident, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

6Assistant Professor, Health Sciences Research Center, Faculty of Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

7Assistant professor, Healthcare management department, Shiraz university of medical sciences, Shiraz, Iran

Online published on 29 September, 2018.

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

Keywords

Tuberculosis, Genital tuberculosis, Infertility, Women infertility