Is latent tuberculosis infection challenging in Iranian health care workers? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Mohammad Hossein YektaKooshaliFarahnaz MovahedzadehAli Alavi FoumaniHoda SabatiAlireza Jafari

Published in: PloS one (2019)

This meta-analysis shows the highest prevalence of LTBI in Iranian's HCWs in the north and the west probably due to neighboring countries like Azerbaijan and Iraq, respectively. It seems that Iranian's HCWs have not received the necessary training to prevent of TB. We also found that BCG was not able to protect Iranian's HCWs from TB infections, completely.

Keyphrases

mycobacterium tuberculosis
systematic review
risk factors
meta analyses
pulmonary tuberculosis
emergency department
hepatitis c virus
virtual reality
adverse drug
electronic health record