Essential components of a definition for early antibiotic treatment failure: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the broad global use of antibiotics, there is no established definition of early antibiotic treatment failure (EATF) to aid clinical evaluation of treatment, which leads to inconsistent assessments of drug effectiveness.

Aim

This scoping review aims to identify common components of EATF definitions by synthesizing studies mentioning EATF and its relevant thesaurus matches.

Design

Scoping review.

Methods

This scoping review was conducted following the PRISMA Scoping review guidelines. A systematic literature search was conducted using MEDLINE (PubMed), CENTRAL, CINAHL, and Web of Science, as well as a manual Google search. Search terms were EATF and its thesaurus matches. After removing duplications, candidate studies were screened by title an

SUBMITTER: Iwata H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10289306 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature