Environmental burden of MRSA in Pakistan. A meta-analysis of prevalence in non-clinical samples (2016-2022)

Master's Thesis from the year 2022 in the subject Biology - Micro- and Molecular Biology, grade: 82%, , course: MSc. in Microbiology, language: English, abstract: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major environmental health concern in Pakistan. Therefore, the aim of the present study with 18 published studies was to assess the prevalence of MRSA in non-clinical settings in Pakistan based on different years from 2016 to 2022 and different locations.

For this, the relevant articles dealing with the prevalence of MRSA were analysed in Pub Me, Google Scholar, Research Gate, Science Hub and Google from 2016 to 2022. The statistical analyses were performed using STATA software (version 17) and Excel.