[
    {
        "id": "osp-10309",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "Female Genital Tuberculosis Among Infertile Women and Its Contributions to Primary and Secondary Infertility",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "Ahmed",
                "given": "Musa AE"
            },
            {
                "family": "Mohammed",
                "given": "Abdullah AA"
            },
            {
                "family": "Ilesanmi",
                "given": "Abiodun O."
            },
            {
                "family": "Aimakhu",
                "given": "Christopher O."
            },
            {
                "family": "Bakhiet",
                "given": "Amel O."
            },
            {
                "family": "Hamad",
                "given": "Suad BM"
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/en/articles/female-genital-tuberculosis-among-infertile-women-and-its-contributions-to-primary-and-secondary-infertility",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2025
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal",
        "volume": "22",
        "issue": "3",
        "page": "314-324",
        "DOI": "10.18295/squmj.1.2022.003",
        "publisher": "Sultan Qaboos University",
        "ISSN": "2075-051X",
        "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%, I2 = 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."
    }
]