Consideration of antimicrobial resistance and contextual factors in infectious disease guidelines: a systematic survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Guidelines that include antimicrobial recommendations should explicitly consider contextual factors that influence antimicrobial resistance and their downstream effects on resistance selection. The objectives were to analyse (1) how, and to what extent, tuberculosis, gonorrhoea and respiratory tract infection guidelines are considering antimicrobial resistance; (2) are of acceptable quality and (3) if they can be easily contextualised to fit the needs of specific populations and health systems.

Methods

We conducted a systematic review and searched Ovid MEDLINE and Embase from 1 January 2007 to 7 June 2019 for tuberculosis, gonorrhoea and respiratory tract infection guidelines published in English. We also searched guideline databases, key websites and reference li

SUBMITTER: Stalteri Mastrangelo R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8327810 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature