Global prevalence of drug-resistant tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tuberculosis is a bacterial infectious disease, which affects different parts of a human body, mainly lungs and can lead to the patient's death. The aim of this study is to investigate the global prevalence of drug-resistant tuberculosis using a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Methods

In this study, the PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Embase, ScienceDirect and Google Scholar repositories were systematically searched to find studies reporting the global prevalence of drug-resistant tuberculosis. The search did not entail a lower time limit, and articles published up until August 2022 were considered. Random effects model was used to perform the analysis. The heterogeneity of the studies was examined with the I² test. Data analysis was conducted with

SUBMITTER: Salari N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10210422 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature