Prevalence of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Nigeria: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) undermines control efforts and its burden is poorly understood in resource-limited settings. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to provide an up-to-date summary of the extent of drug-resistant TB in Nigeria.

Methods

We searched PubMed, Scopus, Embase, HINARI, AJOL, the Cochrane library, Web of Science, and Google Scholar for reports published before January 31 2017, that included any resistance, mono-resistance or multidrug resistance to anti-TB drugs in Nigeria. Summary estimates were calculated using random effects models.

Results

We identified 34 anti-TB drug resistance surveys with 8002 adult TB patients consisting of 2982 new and 5020 previously-treated cases. The prevalence rate of any drug resistance a

SUBMITTER: Onyedum CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5509256 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature