Open AccessPrevalence of multidrug resistance tuberculosis in adult patients in India: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Jaykaran Charan,
Nitish Kumar D Tank,
Tea Reljic,
Surjit Singh,
Pankaj Bhardwaj,
Rimple Jeet Kaur,
Jagdish Prasad Goyal,
Amit Kumar
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_542_19
Subject(s) - medicine , meta analysis , tuberculosis , confidence interval , observational study , multiple drug resistance , drug resistance , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Multidrug resistance tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is an important public health problem for India but there is a paucity of data related to the prevalence of MDR-TB in India. This systematic review and meta-analysis was designed to synthesize evidence regarding the prevalence of MDR-TB in adult patients in India.