Antibiotic resistance in the Middle East and Southern Asia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Despite global surveillance efforts, antibiotic resistance (ABR) is difficult to address in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). In the absence of country-wide ABR surveillance data, peer-reviewed literature is the next most significant source of publicly available ABR data. Médecins Sans Frontières conducted this review in hopes of using the pooled findings to inform treatment choices in the studied countries where sufficient local ABR data are unavailable.

Methods

A systematic literature review reporting ABR rates for six infection sites in nine countries in the Middle East and Southern Asia was conducted. PubMed was used to identify literature published between January 2012 and August 2022. A meta-analysis of the included studies (n = 694) was con

SUBMITTER: Mathu R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11836886 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature