Prevalence of Latent Tuberculosis among Health Care Workers in High Burden Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Twenty-two high burden countries contributed to the majority of worldwide tuberculosis cases in 2015. Health care workers are at high risk of acquiring tuberculosis through occupational exposure.

Objective

To estimate the prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) among health care workers in high burden countries.

Methods

Databases including MEDLINE (Ovid), EMBASE (Ovid), CINAHL (Ovid) and ISI Web of Science (Thompson-Reuters), and grey literature were searched for English language records on relevant medical subject headings (MeSH) terms of LTBI and health care providers. Literature was systematically reviewed using EPPI-Reviewer4 software. Prevalence and incidence of LTBI and 95% confi

SUBMITTER: Nasreen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5053544 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature