Female Genital Tuberculosis Among Infertile Women and Its Contributions to Primary and Secondary Infertility: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Overview

Journal Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2022 Sep 8

PMID 36072071

Authors

Musa A E Ahmed

Abdullah A A Mohammed

Abiodun O Ilesanmi

Christopher O Aimakhu

Amel O Bakhiet

Suad B M Hamad

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Abstract

Female genital tuberculosis (FGTB) is a widespread infectious disease among young women. This meta-analysis aimed to investigate the prevalence of FGTB among infertile women and its contribution to primary and secondary infertility. PubMed, MEDLINE, WorldCat, The Lens, direct Google search, Google Scholar and ResearchGate were searched from 1971 to July 17, 2021 using the following terms: "prevalence", "epidemiology", "urogenital tuberculosis", "FGTB", "infertile women", "infertility complaints" and "FGTB testing methods". Data were extracted and a meta-analysis was performed. A total of 42 studies were selected with a total of 30,918 infertile women. Of these, the pooled prevalence of FGTB was 20% (95% confidence interval: 15-25%, I = 99.94%) and the prevalence of overall infertility, primary infertility and secondary infertility among FGTB population were 88%, 66% and 34%, respectively. The proportion of FGTB is remarkable among infertile women globally. The biggest burden of the disease is present in low-income countries followed by lower-to-middle- and upper-to-middle-income countries.

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