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ArticleNature communications2024

Intersecting social and environmental determinants of multidrug-resistant urinary tract infections in East Africa beyond antibiotic use.

Katherine Keenan, Michail Papathomas, Stephen E Mshana, Benon Asiimwe, John Kiiru, Andy G Lynch, Mike Kesby, Stella Neema, Joseph R Mwanga, Martha F Mushi and 18 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

28 authors.

Katherine KeenanUniversity of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK. Katherine.keenan@st-andrews.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-9670-1607
Michail PapathomasUniversity of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK.
Stephen E MshanaCatholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, Tanzania.
Benon AsiimweMakerere University, Kampala, Uganda.ORCID 0000-0002-9458-4240
John KiiruKenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
Andy G LynchUniversity of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7876-7338
Mike KesbyUniversity of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK.
Stella NeemaMakerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Joseph R MwangaCatholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, Tanzania.
Martha F MushiCatholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, Tanzania.
Wei JingUniversity of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK.
Dominique L GreenUniversity of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9411-4281
Emmanuel OlamijuwonUniversity of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK.
Qing ZhangUniversity of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3990-1979
Rachel SippyUniversity of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3617-2093
Kathryn J FredricksUniversity of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK.
Stephen H GillespieUniversity of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6537-7712
Wilber SabiitiUniversity of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK.
Joel BaziraMbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.
Derek J SloanUniversity of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK.
Blandina T MmbagaKilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania; Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania.ORCID 0000-0002-5550-1916
Gibson KibikiAfrica Excellence Research Fund, London, UK.
David AanensenOxford Big Data Institute, Oxford, UK.
John StellingBrigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5719-7754
V Anne SmithUniversity of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0487-2469
Alison SandemanUniversity of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK.ORCID 0009-0005-4229-8129
Matthew T G HoldenUniversity of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4958-2166
HATUA Consortium

Funding

Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, Inc.) U01CA207167RCUK | Medical Research Council (MRC) MR/S004785/1RCUK | MRC | Medical Research Foundation MR/S004785/1Scottish Funding Council (SFC) GCRF Consolidator Award
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The global health crisis of antibacterial resistance (ABR) poses a particular threat in low-resource settings like East Africa. Interventions for ABR typically target antibiotic use, overlooking the wider set of factors which drive vulnerability and behaviours. In this cross-sectional study, we investigated the joint contribution of behavioural, environmental, socioeconomic, and demographic factors associated with higher risk of multi-drug resistant urinary tract infections (MDR UTIs) in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. We sampled outpatients with UTI symptoms in healthcare facilities and linked their microbiology data with patient, household and community level data. Using bivariate statistics and Bayesian profile regression on a sample of 1610 individuals, we show that individuals with higher risk of MDR UTIs were more likely to have compound and interrelated social and environmental disadvantages: they were on average older, with lower education, had more chronic illness, lived in resource-deprived households, more likely to have contact with animals, and human or animal waste. This suggests that interventions to tackle ABR need to take account of intersectional socio-environmental disadvantage as a priority.

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialUrinary Tract InfectionsAdolescentAdultAfrica, EasternAgedBayes TheoremCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansKenyaMaleMiddle AgedRisk FactorsSocioeconomic FactorsAnti-Bacterial Agents

Identifiers

PMID39482320
PMCPMC11528027

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