Table 1.
Literature search strategy for scoping review.
| Title | Contamination of fresh produce with antibiotic-resistant bacteria and associated risks to human health: a scoping review | ||
| Research question | What is the presence and abundance of ARB, ARGs and antimicrobial residues on fresh produce sold in the retail markets, and how do they affect human health? | ||
| Search Strategy | Inclusion Criteria | Studies that detect and/or quantify ARB, ARGs and antimicrobial residues on fresh produce (vegetables/leafy green/fruits) sold in retail markets (e.g., vendors, supermarkets, farmer markets) | |
| Types and abundance of antimicrobial residues present on fresh produce | |||
| Pathways for ARB, ARGs and antimicrobial residues entering fresh produce | |||
| Health risks associated with consumption of fresh vegetables, leafy greens or fruits contaminated with ARB, ARGs and antimicrobial residues | |||
| Full-text peer-reviewed journal articles and grey literature | |||
| Species: Human | |||
| Language: English | |||
| Exclusion Criteria | Articles that did not include fresh agricultural product consumption and its relationship with AMR | ||
| Articles that analysed AMR with relation to mixed or ready-to-eat salads with various dressings | |||
| AMR-related human health risks from exposures other than fresh produce | |||
| Animal-based foods (e.g., chicken, beef, pork, eggs, milk) | |||
| Animal agriculture (e.g., poultry, meat, dairy, fishery) | |||
| All types of review articles | |||
| Time Frame | 1 January 2001–18 October 2020 | ||
| Data Sources | Peer-reviewed articles |
Ovid Medline, Web of Science, Hinari | |
| Grey literature | Google, Google Scholar, Proquest | ||
| Key search terms | Antimicrobial Resistance-related terms (combined by ‘OR’) (a) | Agriculture and fresh agricultural products-related terms (combined by ‘OR’) (b) |
Place of items/sample collected (c) |
| Antimicrobial resistance, antimicrobial residues, antibiotic-resistant bacteria, antibiotic resistance genes, antimicrobial-resistant organisms, antibiotic-resistant pathogens, health risks | Agriculture, farming, fresh agricultural produce, fresh agriculture products, fresh vegetables, raw vegetables, salad vegetables, leafy greens, fruits | Retail markets | |