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Epidemiology and molecular characterization of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria in Southeast Asia

Overview of attention for article published in Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, May 2016
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Title
Epidemiology and molecular characterization of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria in Southeast Asia
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Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, May 2016
DOI 10.1186/s13756-016-0115-6
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Nuntra Suwantarat, Karen C. Carroll

Abstract

Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria (MDRGN), including extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) and multidrug-resistant glucose-nonfermenting Gram-negative bacilli (nonfermenters), have emerged and spread throughout Southeast Asia. We reviewed and summarized current critical knowledge on the epidemiology and molecular characterization of MDRGN in Southeast Asia by PubMed searches for publications prior to 10 March 2016 with the term related to "MDRGN definition" combined with specific Southeast Asian country names (Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Brunei). There were a total of 175 publications from the following countries: Thailand (77), Singapore (35), Malaysia (32), Vietnam (23), Indonesia (6), Philippines (1), Laos (1), and Brunei (1). We did not find any publications on MDRGN from Myanmar and Cambodia. We did not include publications related to Shigella spp., Salmonella spp., and Vibrio spp. and non-human related studies in our review. English language articles and abstracts were included for analysis. After the abstracts were reviewed, data on MDRGN in Southeast Asia from 54 publications were further reviewed and included in this study. MDRGNs are a major contributor of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria in Southeast Asia. The high prevalence of ESBLs has been a major problem since 2005 and is possibly related to the development of carbapenem resistant organisms in this region due to the overuse of carbapenem therapy. Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii is the most common pathogen associated with nosocomial infections in this region followed by carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Although Southeast Asia is not an endemic area for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), recently, the rate of CRE detection has been increasing. Limited infection control measures, lack of antimicrobial control, such as the presence of active antimicrobial stewardship teams in the hospital, and outpatient antibiotic restrictions, and travel throughout this region have likely contributed to the increase in MDRGN prevalence.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Colombia 1 <1%
Unknown 325 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 52 16%
Researcher 34 10%
Student > Master 31 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 29 9%
Student > Postgraduate 28 9%
Other 63 19%
Unknown 89 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 79 24%
Immunology and Microbiology 46 14%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 35 11%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 23 7%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 19 6%
Other 31 10%
Unknown 93 29%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 September 2016.
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#12
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