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

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  • Mohammad Hossein YektaKooshali
  • Farahnaz Movahedzadeh
  • Ali Alavi Foumani
  • Hoda Sabati
  • Alireza Jafari

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Background: The high chances of getting latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) among health care workers (HCWs) will an enormous problem in low and upper-middle-income countries. Method: Search strategies were done through both national and international databases include SID, Barakat knowledge network system, Irandoc, Magiran, Iranian national library, web of science, Scopus, PubMed/MEDLINE, OVID, EMBASE, the Cochrane library, and Google Scholar search engine. The Persian and the English languages were used as the filter in national and international databases, respectively. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) terms was used to controlling comprehensive vocabulary. The search terms were conducted without time limitation till January 01, 2019. Results: The prevalence of LTBI in Iranian’s HCWs, based on the PPD test was 27.13% [CI95%: 18.64–37.7]. The highest prevalence of LTBI in Iranian’s HCWs were estimated 41.4% [CI95%: 25.4–59.5] in the north, and 33.8% [CI95%: 21.1–49.3] in the west. The lowest prevalence of LTBI was evaluated 18.2% [CI95%: 3.4–58.2] in the south of Iran. The prevalence of LTBI in Iranian’s HCWs who had work-experience more than 20 years old were estimated 20.49% [CI95%: 11–34.97]. In the PPD test, the prevalence of LTBI in Iranian’s HCWs who had received the Bacille Calmette–Guérin (BCG) was estimated 15% [CI95%: 3.6–47.73]. While, in the QFT, the prevalence of LTBI in Iranian’s HCWs in non-vaccinated was estimated 25.71% [CI95%: 13.96–42.49]. Conclusions: 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.

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  • Mohammad Hossein YektaKooshali & Farahnaz Movahedzadeh & Ali Alavi Foumani & Hoda Sabati & Alireza Jafari, 2019. "Is latent tuberculosis infection challenging in Iranian health care workers? A systematic review and meta-analysis," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(10), pages 1-19, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0223335
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0223335
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