Multidrug resistance and urinary tract infection: A bibliometric analysis

Ucheagwu, Promise Chukwuma; Oli, Angus Nnamdi; Ikem, Chinedu Joseph; Okpala, Alvan Chikwado

doi:10.21608/mid.2024.277169.1845

Multidrug resistance and urinary tract infection: A bibliometric analysis

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Document Type : Mini-review article

Authors

¹ Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Biotechnology, Madonna University, Elele Rivers State, Nigeria

² Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Biotechnology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria

³ Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Biotechnology, David Umahi Federal University of Health Sciences, Uburu, Ebonyi State, Nigeria

10.21608/mid.2024.277169.1845

Abstract

Background: Urinary Tract Infections are among the most frequent bacterial infections in the world each year. The development of multidrug-resistant pathogens has led to complications, treatment failure, and increased rates of death and morbidity resulting from the increasing accelerated rates of multi-drug resistance organisms. This study is aimed at providing a bibliometric summary of research outputs on multidrug resistance in urinary tract infections and to use VOSviewer software to carry out the science mapping of bibliometric networks. Methods: Keywords that relates to multidrug resistance in urinary tract infections were employed in retrieving publications from 2012 to 2022 using Google Scholar data base. The exclusion criteria were set as articles not written in English language, Review articles, Original articles for which the full articles could not be retrieved and Commentaries. The VOS viewer application was used for the bibliometric analysis. Results: A total 235 articles were retrieved. After applying the inclusion criteria, a total of 220 articles were used for the final analysis. The bibliometric analysis was objectively carried out with a VOS viewer to produce maps based on the scientific data between the top authors in clusters. The year with the most publications was 2018, with 29 articles. Conclusion: Furthermore, the high rate of recurrent UTIs indicates that several antibiotics may not be effective in the treatment for all forms of UTIs. When identifying risk factors for multidrug-resistant urinary tract infections, future studies must use clear universal definitions.

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