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Table 1 Main characteristics of the included studies on antimicrobials and organ injury

From: Risk of antimicrobial-associated organ injury among the older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author, Year

Country

Method

Study Setting

Tool used to ascertain the outcome

Confounders

Sample size

Antibiotic class

Outcome

NOS Risk of bias

Aggarwal, 2018 [31]

India

Prospective cohort

Hospital setting

Laboratory values

Age, gender, BMI, APACHE 2, DM, antibiotic dose

26

Polymyxin

AKI

Low

Ahmed, 2016 [38]

UK

Retrospective cohort

Hospital setting

AKIN

age, gender, surgeon grade, type of anaesthesia

1500

Aminoglycoside

AKI

Low

Ahmed, 2019 [37]

UK

Retrospective cohort

Primary care

ICD-10 codes

age, sex, coronary heart disease, renal disease, liver disease, respiratory disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus, heart failure

28,800

Cephalosporin

AKI

Low

Ahmed, 2019 [37]

UK

Retrospective cohort

Primary care

ICD-10 codes

age, sex, coronary heart disease, renal disease, liver disease, respiratory disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus, heart failure

21,048

Penicillin

AKI

Low

Ahmed, 2019 [37]

UK

Retrospective cohort

Primary care

ICD-10 codes

age, sex, coronary heart disease, renal disease, liver disease, respiratory disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus, heart failure

14,868

Quinolone

AKI

Low

Ahmed, 2018 [11]

UK

Retrospective cohort

Primary care

ICD-10 codes

age, diabetes, dementia, coronary heart disease, stroke, cancer, heart failure, polypharmacy

29,936

Trimethoprim

AKI

Low

Baciewicz, 2003 [12]

USA

Prospective cohort

Hospital setting

Laboratory values

age, sex, nephrotoxic agents, diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease, hypertension and

86

Aminoglycoside

AKI

Low

Baghaei, 2010 [33]

Iran

Prospective cohort

Hospital setting

Laboratory values

Age, sex, concomitant hepatotoxic drugs

295

antituberculosis

DILI

Low

Baik, 2020 [36]

USA

Prospective cohort

Population based

ICD-9 codes

Concurrent antibiotics, gender, race, rural residency, income status

685,018

Fluoroquinolone

Tendon rupture

Low

Bright-Thomas, 2016 [13]

UK

Retrospective cohort

Primary care

Laboratory values

age, sex, ethnic origin

200

Antituberculosis drugs

DILI

Low

Carreno, 2013 [14]

USA

Retrospective cohort

Hospital setting

AKIN

age, history of AKI, vancomycin dose, concurrent receipt of nephrotoxins, concurrent receipt of vasopressors

88

Glycopeptide

AKI

Low

Craig, 2012 [15]

UK

Retrospective cohort

Hospital setting

Not stated

age, sex, operative procedure

200

Aminoglycoside

AKI

Low

Crellin, 2018 [16]

UK

Retrospective cohort

Multicentre Primary care

ICD-10 codes

sex, age, calendar period, chronic comorbidities, baseline renal function, history of renal or urological disease, and use of renin-angiotensin system blockers and potassium-sparing diuretics.

55,961

Cephalosporin

AKI

Low

Crellin, 2018 [16]

UK

Retrospective cohort

Multicentre Primary care

ICD-10 codes

sex, age, calendar period, chronic comorbidities, baseline renal function, history of renal or urological disease, and use of renin-angiotensin system blockers and potassium-sparing diuretics.

56,736

Nitrofurantoin

AKI

Low

Crellin, 2018 [16]

UK

Retrospective cohort

Multicentre Primary care

ICD-10 codes

sex, age, calendar period, chronic comorbidities, baseline renal function, history of renal or urological disease, and use of renin-angiotensin system blockers and potassium-sparing diuretics.

33,130

Quinolone

AKI

Low

Crellin, 2018 [16]

UK

Retrospective cohort

Multicentre Primary care

ICD-10 codes

sex, age, calendar period, chronic comorbidities, baseline renal function, history of renal or urological disease, and use of renin-angiotensin system blockers and potassium-sparing diuretics.

153,201

Trimethoprim

AKI

Low

Fraisse, 2014 [17]

France

Retrospective cohort

Hospital setting multicentre

NKF

age, sex, weight, concomitant use of other nephrotic drugs, types of infection

109

Aminoglycoside

AKI

Low

Fraisse, 2014 [17]

France

Retrospective cohort

Hospital setting multicentre

NKF

age, sex, weight, concomitant use of other nephrotic drugs, types of infection

45

Aminoglycoside

AKI

Low

Gandhi, 2013 [18]

Canada

Retrospective cohort

Population-based

ICD-10 codes

age, sex, chronic kidney disease, others

96,226

Macrolide

AKI

Low

Gandhi, 2013 [18]

Canada

Retrospective cohort

Population-based

ICD-10 codes

age, sex, chronic kidney disease, others

94,083

Macrolide

AKI

Low

Giri, 2016 [34]

India

Prospective cohort

Prospective cohort

Laboratory values

Overweight, age, sex, impaired renal status, pregnancy, immunocompromised

26

Aminoglycoside

AKI

High

Gyamlani, 2019 [19]

USA

Retrospective cohort

Hospital setting

CKD-EPI equation

age, sex, comorbidities, baseline eGFR, exposure to nephrotoxic medication

22,057

Glycopeptide

AKI

Low

Hall, 2014 [20]

USA

Retrospective cohort

Hospital setting

Laboratory values

age, sex, hospital stay, concomitant use of nephrotoxins

92

Glycopeptide

AKI

Low

Huang, 2018 [21]

China

Retrospective cohort

Hospital setting

AKIN

age, sex, type of infection, comorbidities, APACH II score

50

Glycopeptide

AKI

Low

Karino, 2014 [22]

Japan

Prospective cohort

Hospital setting

Categorical scale of mild, moderate, or serious (state recommended).

sex, age, underlying disease

22

Penicillin

AKI

Low

Li, 2015 [24]

Canada

Retrospective cohort

Population-based

ICD-10 codes

age, sex, baseline evidence of CKD, CVD, cancer, diabetes

52,518

Macrolide

AKI

Low

Li, 2015 [24]

Canada

Retrospective cohort

Population-based

ICD-10 codes

age, sex, baseline evidence of CKD, CVD, cancer, diabetes

51,523

Macrolide

AKI

Low

Liu, 2015 [23]

China

Retrospective cohort

Hospital setting

AKIN

age, sex, weight, comorbidities, concomitant use of ACEI, ARBs, NSAIDs, aminoglycosides, immunosuppressants

124

Glycopeptide

AKI

Low

Mizokami, 2013 [25]

Japan

Retrospective cohort

Hospital setting

Laboratory values

age, gender, infection severity, body weight, comorbidity index

94

Glycopeptide

AKI

Low

Morimoto, 2017 [32]

Japan

Prospective cohort

Hospital setting

KDIGO

Age, gender, concomitant antibiotics, BMI, BUN, severity of pneumonia

57

Penicillin

AKI

Moderate

Noh, 2019 [26]

South Korea

Retrospective cohort

Hospital setting

Laboratory values

age, sex, comorbidities (e.g., hypertension, etc.)

77

Antituberculosis drugs

DILI

Low

Ong, 2016 [27]

Singapore

Retrospective cohort

Hospital-based

KDIGO

age, sex, critical illness, comorbidities (e.g. diabetes, etc.), nephrotoxic medication

194

Aminoglycoside

AKI

Low

Ong, 2016 [27]

Singapore

Retrospective cohort

Hospital-based

KDIGO

age, sex, critical illness, comorbidities (e.g. diabetes, etc.), nephrotoxic medication

84

Aminoglycoside

AKI

Low

Pan, 2018 [39]

China

Retrospective cross-sectional

Hospital-based

KDIGO

age, gender, baseline serum creatinine, vasopressors, beta-blockers, furosemide, carbapenems, ICU admittance, etc.

647

Glycopeptide

AKI

Low

Pan, 2017 [28]

China

Retrospective cohort

Hospital-based

KDIGO

sex, age, baseline serum creatinine, the reason for vancomycin therapy, ICU admittance, etc.

279

Glycopeptide

AKI

Low

Paterson. 1998 [29]

Australia

Prospective cohort

Hospital-based

Laboratory values

age, duration of therapy, allopurinol use,

88

Aminoglycoside

AKI

Low

Raveh, 2002 [30]

Israel

Prospective cohort

Hospital-based

Laboratory values

age, gender, BMI, infectious diagnosis, diabetes mellitus, etc.

209

Aminoglycoside

AKI

Low

Sia, 2018 [35]

Australia

Retrospective cohort

Hospital based

KDIGO

Age, gender, treatment indicator, ICU admission

242

Aminoglycoside

AKI

Low

  1. KEY: AKI Acute kidney injury, DILI Drug induced liver injury, KDIGO Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcome, AKIN Acute Kidney Injury Network, ICD-10 International Classification of Diseases version 10, CKD-EPI Chronic kidney Disease – Epidemiology collaborator, NKF National Kidney Foundation, CVD Cardiovarscular disease, ACEI Angiotensin converting enzyme Inhibitor, ARB Angiotensin II receptor blocker, NSAID Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, ICU Intensive care unit, BMI Body-Mass index
  2. NOS risk of bias grades: low, moderate, high