Sociodemographic disparities in antibiotic-resistant outpatient urine cultures in a Boston hospital, 2015–2020
A cross-sectional analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15396285 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Courtney W Chan (Tufts Medical Center, corresponding author), Leo K Westgard (Tufts Medical Center), Andrew Romasco (University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School), Krisztian Gado (Brandeis University), Shira Doron (0000-0001-9139-0857, Tufts University), Maya Nadimpalli (0000-0002-6526-116X, Tufts University), Maya L Nadimpalli |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 219-219 |
| Publication date | 2024-10-23 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal for Equity in Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1475-9276 • E-ISSN: 1475-9276 |
| Publisher | BioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1186/s12939-024-02308-y |
| PMID | 39444033 |
| OpenAlex | W4403688319 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 34 |
The social determinants of health may play important and intersecting roles in determining a patient's risk of having a resistant uropathogens that is more challenging or expensive to treat. It is crucial to acknowledge how race is likely to be a proxy for other factors affecting health, and to consider that some groups may be disproportionately impacted by antibiotic resistance
Cross-sectional study · Environmental health · Health administration · Health services research · Pathology · Political science · Public health · Social policy · Urine · Antibiotic Use and Resistance · Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing · Medicine · Nursing · Urinary Tract Infections Management · Gerontology · Internal Medicine
| Highly cited | No |
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