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Table 6 Studies identified exploring relation between antimicrobial resistance, social deprivation

From: Investigating the impact of poverty on colonization and infection with drug-resistant organisms in humans: a systematic review

Authors and year

Country

Study design

Participants

Population

Measurement level of poverty

Microorganism

Colonisation /infection

Association with AMR

ICROMS score

Duerink et al. 2007 [31]

Indonesia

Retrospective data analysis

3275

Patients from 2 hospitals and 3 primary health centres in 2 cities in Java

Household

Resistant

Escherichia coli

Colonisation

Negative

Not applicable

Nilsson and Laurell 2005

Sweden

Retrospective data analysis

766

Residents from Malmö

Community

Penicillin non-susceptible

Staphylococcus pneumoniae

Not specified

Negative

Not applicable

Bagger et al. 2004 [40]

UK

Cohort

1739

UK residents undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass graft in 1 London hospital

Community

MRSA

Infection

Positive

21

Parsons et al. 2001 [41]

UK

Cohort

1064

Patients from 1 hospital in Sheffield

Community

Resistant

Helicobacter pylori

Not specified

Negative

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  1. AMR Antimicrobial resistance, ICROMS Integrated quality criteria for review of multiple study designs, MRSA Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus