COVID-19 impact on AMR: a rapid scoping review, equity analysis and evidence gap map study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to have impacted many drivers of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and compounded existing societal and health inequities. This rapid scoping review examined how three selected healthcare system factors, which we have called 'drivers'-antimicrobial use, infection prevention and control and health system use-were affected by COVID-19 and how they have impacted resistance.

Methods

Peer-reviewed searches were performed in MEDLINE, Embase and Cochrane on 19 December 2022 and updated on 25 February 2023 and 1 September 2023. Results of these searches were integrated with an initial search run on 19 October 2022, using the WHO COVID-19 Research Database. References of included studies were also searched to identify any additional relevan

SUBMITTER: Emdin F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12666195 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature