A Narrative Review of Healthcare-Associated Gram-Negative Infections Among Pediatric Patients in Middle Eastern Countries.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Gram-negative bacteria (GNB) have become prominent across healthcare and community settings due to factors including lack of effective infection control and prevention (ICP) and antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs), GNB developing antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and difficulty treating infections. This review summarizes available literature on healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in Middle Eastern pediatric patients.

Methods

Literature searches were performed with PubMed and Embase databases. Articles not reporting data on GNB, HAIs, pediatric patients, and countries of interest were excluded.

Results

The searches resulted in 220 publications, of which 49 met the inclusion criteria and 1 additional study was identified manually. Among 19 studies a

SUBMITTER: Al Dabbagh M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10229515 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature