Race, ethnicity, and risk for colonization and infection with key bacterial pathogens: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Racial and ethnic disparities in infectious disease burden have been reported in the USA and globally, most recently for COVID-19. It remains unclear whether such disparities also exist for priority bacterial pathogens that are increasingly antimicrobial-resistant. We conducted a scoping review to summarize published studies that report on colonization or community-acquired infection with pathogens among different races and ethnicities.

Methods

We conducted an electronic literature search of MEDLINE^®, Daily, Global Health, Embase, Cochrane Central, and Web of Science from inception to January 2022 for eligible observational studies. Abstracts and full-text publications were screened in duplicate for studies that reported data for race or ethnicity for a

SUBMITTER: Avendano EE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11071560 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature