Survey study, 1990
How common is tuberculosis of the uterine lining in infertile women in Nigeria?
Very rare. The study found 10 cases in 4700 samples, giving a prevalence of 0.2%.
Early or limited evidence 4700 infertile women in Nigeria
What they did
Reviewed 4700 tissue samples from the uterine lining of infertile women at one hospital in Nigeria.
What they found
10 cases of tuberculosis were found.
What it means for you
Tuberculosis of the uterine lining is very rare in this setting. The limitation is that this was done at only one hospital in one country, so the prevalence could be different in other places. More active searching might find more cases.
4700
tissue samples reviewed
10
tuberculosis cases found
0.2%
prevalence
About the study
- Original title
- Incidental tuberculous endometritis in premenstrual curettings from infertile women in eastern Nigeria
- Authors
- Gini PC, Ikerionwu SE
- Journal
- International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics
- Year
- 1990
- Study design
- Survey study
- Participants
- 4,700
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.1016/0020-7292(90)90711-s