Race and ethnicity as risk factors for colonization and infection with key bacterial pathogens: a scoping review.
Esther E AvendanoSarah Addison BlackmonNanguneri NirmalaCourtney W ChanRebecca A MorinSweta BalajiLily McNultySamson Alemu ArgawShira DoronMaya L NadimpalliPublished in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2024)
Sufficient evidence was identified in this scoping review justifying future systematic reviews and meta-analyses evaluating the relationship between community-acquired pathogens and race and ethnicity. However, we noted that only a fraction of studies reported data stratified by race and ethnicity, highlighting a substantial gap in the literature.