Table 1 Strategy for selection of eligible articles
Selection strategy | No. Articles (%) |
|---|---|
1. All records identified through the search | 3802 |
 Articles duplicated in the searching process | 2661/3802 (70%) |
2. Number of preselected articles | 1141/3802 (30%) |
 Inclusion and exclusion criteria | |
  The article title is not related to the topic of interest | 857 |
  The language of the article is different from English or Spanish | 10 |
  The article was not original | 36 |
  The publication of the article is out of the period 1996–2019 | 10 |
  The origin of the sample is not clear | 110 |
  The technique used is not disk diffusion or MIC | 3 |
  The authors did not describe the breakpoints used in the article | 13 |
  The authors did not describe the correlation between serovar and antimicrobial resistance | 54 |
3. Total of articles removed under the inclusion and exclusion criteria | 1093/1141 (96%) |
4. Total of articles selected | 48/1141(4%) |