Matching criteria in case-control studies in the field of antimicrobial resistance.
Microb Drug Resist
; 14(2): 171-82, 2008 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-18489243
OBJECTIVE: We evaluated the available evidence from case-control studies in the field of antimicrobial resistance to identify the degree that matching was performed and the criteria used to do so. METHODS: We performed a systematic search of the PubMed database (articles archived by 08/2006) to identify relevant studies. Studies that used the individual matching technique were further analyzed. RESULTS: 115 case-control studies with a focus on antimicrobial resistance were identified: 28 regarding Acinetobacter baumannii, 25 regarding Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and 62 for other bacteria. Individual matching was performed in 32 (27.8%) out of the 115 studies. Age was the most frequently used matching criterion in 22 of 32 (69%) evaluated matched case-control studies, while sex was used in 11 (34%), presence of underlying illness in 8 (25%), site of infection in 5 (16%), and area of residence in 4 studies (12.5%). Other criteria were used in less than 10% of the studies. Analysis of data for matched pairs was performed in 18 of 32 (56.3%) studies that used a matched case-control design. DISCUSSION: The available evidence from the analyzed data from case-control studies in the field of antimicrobial resistance shows that individual matching is employed only in a proportion of such studies and only for a few characteristics, when it was used. Also, analysis for matched pairs was not used by almost a half of the relevant studies.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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Estudios de Casos y Controles
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Análisis por Apareamiento
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Farmacorresistencia Bacteriana Múltiple
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Acinetobacter baumannii
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Microb Drug Resist
Asunto de la revista:
MICROBIOLOGIA
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TERAPIA POR MEDICAMENTOS
Año:
2008
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Grecia
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos