Trends and socioeconomic, demographic, and environmental factors associated with antimicrobial resistance: a longitudinal analysis in 39 hospitals in Chile 2008-2017.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is among the most critical global health threats of the 21st century. AMR is primarily driven by the use and misuse of antibiotics but can be affected by socioeconomic and environmental factors. Reliable and comparable estimates of AMR over time are essential to making public health decisions, defining research priorities, and evaluating interventions. However, estimates for developing regions are scant. We describe the evolution of AMR for critical priority antibiotic-bacterium pairs in Chile and examine their association with hospital and community-level characteristics using multivariate rate-adjusted regressions.

Methods

Drawing on multiple data sources, we assembled a longitudinal national dataset to analyse AMR levels for criti

SUBMITTER: Allel K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10121445 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature