Molecular detection of rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis by polymerase chain reaction in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Tuberculosis is a contagious bacterial disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The emergence and spread of drug-resistant strains of M. tuberculosis in both developing and developed countries has made diagnosis, treatment, and control of tuberculosis more difficult. The PCR assay, which is a fast and sensitive technique and an alternative method for detecting multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, is used to determine rifampicin (RIF) resistance. There is no single figure in Ethiopia that represents rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis and that is why this study was conducted to overcome the inconsistency of the results of the previous studies.

Methods

Studies were researched from five major electronic databases. Studies which were cross-sectional in

SUBMITTER: Birhanu MY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11190194 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature