ReviewEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2019
The Contribution of Complementary and Alternative Medicine to Reduce Antibiotic Use: A Narrative Review of Health Concepts, Prevention, and Treatment Strategies.
Review in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 30 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
30 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 61 citations in OpenAlex.
- Understanding Primary Care Physician Vaccination Behaviour: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Chinese Patent Medicine Shufeng Jiedu Capsules as an Adjuvant Therapy for Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022Pooled it
- Individualized Traditional Chinese Medicine treatment antibiotics for recurrent urinary tract infections: a multicenter, randomized controlled study.Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan · 2024Trial
- Development and evaluation of a culturally tailored animated educational video to improve antibiotic knowledge, attitudes, and practices among Jordanian adolescents: a quasi-experimental study.Future science OA · 2026Article
- Integrative evidence-informed management of feverish illnesses in childhood-outcomes of the public FeverFriend prospective app registry.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Investing in traditional medicine: leveraging evidence and innovative research to strengthen the fight against malaria in Nigeria.Malaria journal · 2025Review
- The Introduction of the Global Traditional, Complementary, and Integrative Healthcare (TCIH) Research Agenda on Antimicrobial Resistance and Its Added Value to the WHO and the WHO/FAO/UNEP/WOAH 2023 Research Agendas on Antimicrobial Resistance.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Food Safety and Food Hygiene Knowledge of Hungarian University Students.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- A Case Study Based on a Complementary and Alternative Medicine Approach on an Oligoasthenoteratozoospermic Patient and its Effect on Assisted Reproductive Technology Outcome.Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences · 2024Article
- Antibiotic Use in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Practicing Integrative Medicine-A Retrospective Analysis.Journal of integrative and complementary medicine · 2024Observational
- Interplay of precision therapeutics and MD study: Calocybe indica's potentials against cervical cancer and its interaction with VEGF via octadecanoic acid.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2024Article
- Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Parents in the Use of Antibiotics: A Case Study in a Mexican Indigenous Community.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Exploring the association between phytopharmaceutical use and antibiotic prescriptions in upper respiratory infections: results from a German cohort study evaluating the impact of naturopathy qualifications of general practitioners using routine data.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Traditional, complementary and integrative healthcare: global stakeholder perspective on WHO's current and future strategy.BMJ global health · 2023Review
- Mechanistic Evidence ofPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Bibliometric trend analysis of non-conventional (alternative) therapies in veterinary research.The veterinary quarterly · 2022Article
- Effectiveness of herbal medicines to prevent and control symptoms of urinary tract infections and to reduce antibiotic use: A literature review.Integrative medicine research · 2022Review
- Association between integrative and complementary health practices and use of dental services among older adults in Brazil: a cross-sectional study, 2019.Epidemiologia e servicos de saude : revista do Sistema Unico de Saude do Brasil · 2022Article
- The interactions between traditional Chinese medicine and gut microbiota: Global research status and trends.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022Article
- Do Chest Compresses with Mustard or Ginger Affect Warmth Regulation in Healthy Adults? A Randomized Controlled Trial.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
23 authors at 13 institutions in 7 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
aimThe aim of this narrative review was to explore the potential contributions of CAM to reduce antibiotic use.
methodsWe searched PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews with a specific, limited set of search terms and collected input from a group of expert CAM researchers to answer the question: What is known about the contribution of CAM health and health promotion concepts, infection prevention, and infection treatment strategies to reduce antibiotic use?
conclusionsCAM prevention and treatment strategies may contribute to reducing antibiotic use, but more rigorous research is necessary to provide high quality evidence of (cost-)effectiveness.
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Registered trials
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