Letter to the editor regarding "the prevalence and influencing factors of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage in people in contact with livestock: A systematic review"

Ref ID 739
First Author H.Gibb
Journal AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL
Year Of Publishing 2015
URL https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26409915/
Keywords Animal studies
Heterogeneity
Epidemiology
Problem(s) Inadequate analysis of heterogeneity
Number of systematic reviews included 1
Summary of Findings The authors of the letter highlight that the systematic review provides a pooled estimate in the presence of extreme heterogeneity (I2=96.9%) with extremely wide confidence intervals in the meta-analysis. The summary estimate therefore does not represent or sufficiently explore the major differences in the included studies.
Did the article find that the problem(s) led to qualitative changes in interpretation of the results? Not Applicable
Are the methods of the article described in enough detail to replicate the study?