Poverty and prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in invasive isolates
Author(s) -
Gerardo AlvarezUria,
Sumanth Gandra,
Ramanan Laxminarayan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.09.026
Subject(s) - per capita , confidence interval , demography , gross national income , biology , medicine , environmental health , developing country , population , ecology , sociology
To evaluate the association between the income status of a country and the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the three most common bacteria causing infections in hospitals and in the community: third-generation cephalosporin (3GC)-resistant Escherichia coli, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and 3GC-resistant Klebsiella species.
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