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Antimicrobial resistance in water in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Source :
- JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports. 17:2174-2186
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2019.
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Abstract
- Objective The objective of this scoping review is to identify and map existing evidence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in water in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), while also identifying the gaps in AMR information in the region in eight themes of interest. Introduction Antimicrobial resistance is a public health concern that has gained increasing global awareness. Concerns have been raised toward the importance of the environment's role in the dissemination of clinically relevant AMR. Although studies on AMR have been conducted, the reality of the role of the environment in the LAC region has not been studied. Inclusion criteria Articles that examine AMR in water in the LAC region will be considered for inclusion. Antimicrobial resistance will be defined as a natural process that arises when the microorganisms that cause infection (e.g. bacteria) survive exposure to a drug that would normally kill them or stop their growth. The search will focus on eight themes of interest, as defined in the protocol, relating to the presence of resistant microorganisms in water sources and reported negative health effects. Qualitative and quantitative studies will be considered for inclusion. Reviews and gray literature will be excluded. Methods The proposed scoping review will be conducted in accordance with the JBI methodology for scoping reviews. A search for published literature will be performed in PubMed, Web of Science and Scopus. Independent screening of articles will be performed by examining the abstracts and then the full texts, utilizing pre-defined inclusion and exclusion criteria. Data for specific variables will be extracted, and descriptive examination will be performed.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
050402 sociology
Latin Americans
Scopus
MEDLINE
Geographic Mapping
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
0504 sociology
Metals, Heavy
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
General Nursing
Protocol (science)
business.industry
Public health
05 social sciences
Water
General Medicine
Grey literature
Public relations
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Latin America
Caribbean Region
Bibliometrics
Research Design
Inclusion and exclusion criteria
Water Microbiology
business
Inclusion (education)
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 22024433
- Volume :
- 17
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f1084cecdeaac84bd3f306a48af47c90