Prevalence of Antibiotic-Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Bangladesh: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Resistance to anti-tuberculosis (anti-TB) antibiotics is a major public health concern for many high-TB burden countries in Asia, including Bangladesh. Therefore, to represent the overall drug-resistance pattern against TB in Bangladesh, a systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted. Databases such as PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar were searched to identify studies related to antibiotic-resistant TB. A total of 24 studies covering 13,336 patients with TB were secured and included. The random-effects model was used to calculate the summary estimates. The pooled prevalence of any, mono, multi, poly, and extensive anti-TB antibiotic-resistances were 45.3% [95% CI: 33.5-57.1], 14.3% [95% CI: 11.4-17.2], 22.2% [95% CI: 18.8-25.7], 7.7% [95% CI: 5.6-9.7], and 0.3% [95% CI: 0.0-1.0], re

SUBMITTER: Kundu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7602942 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature