Narrative reviewcited by the Tayebat archiveabstract only checked A-FSH-12 standard review
Fish farming as a route for resistance
Aquaculture as yet another environmental gateway to the development and globalisation of antimicrobial resistance.
Overview
Cabello FC et al.. Lancet Infect Dis 2016 · PMID 27083976 · DOI 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)00100-6
Aquaculture antibiotics can help resistance spread globally.
Does the study support the specific claim? Yes · Methodological quality: moderate
Plain-language summary
Study explained simply
- What did the researchers want to find out?
Review.
- How was the study done?
Narrative.
- What was actually found?
Resistance spread.
- What do the results mean in everyday life?
Stewardship needed.
- What are the study's limitations?
Not quantitative.
- What does it say about Elawady's specific claim?
Supports concern.
- Do the results apply to Germany and Europe?
Moderate.
- What can explicitly not be concluded from this study?
Human burden size.
Scientific in-depth review
1. Full reference
- Authors
- Cabello FC, Godfrey HP, Buschmann AH, Dölz HJ
- Journal
- Lancet Infect Dis
- Year
- 2016
- Identifier
- PMID 27083976 DOI 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)00100-6
- Verification
- verified – PubMed E-utilities efetch, 2026-10-25
- Retracted
- no
- Corrections
- none
- Extent checked
- abstract only
- Conflicts of interest and funding
not stated in abstract/record
2. Research question
Role of aquaculture in AMR globalisation
3. Study design and population
- Study design
- Narrative review – Review: aquaculture as gateway for AMR
- Country
Global
- Period
2016
4. Methods and endpoints
- Exposure / intervention
Aquaculture antimicrobials
5. Actual results
- Results
Hundreds of tonnes used annually; selection and horizontal transfer of resistance; calls for vaccines, probiotics, phage.
- Absolute risks
not reported
- Authors' conclusion
Prevent overuse through One Health measures.
6. Strengths
- Lancet ID
7. Weaknesses
- Narrative
8. Risk of bias
- Orienting tool
- none applicable
- Type of assessment
- simplified assessment (abstract only)
- Full formal assessment
- no
- Overall risk of bias
- some concerns
9. Assessment of the statistical interpretation
10. Relevance to the specific claim
11. Independent contrary findings
12. Transferability to Germany and Europe
Moderate.
13. Overall methodological judgement
Supports concern.
| Multidimensional assessment | |
|---|---|
| Authenticity of the source | verified |
| Methodological quality | moderate |
| Risk of bias | some concerns |
| Precision of results | not applicable |
| Directness | indirect |
| Reproducibility | partly replicated |
| Consistency with the overall evidence | consistent |
| Regional transferability | moderate |
| Adequacy of the interpretation (by the archive) | essentially correct but incomplete |
14. Open questions
15. Linked fact checks
Use by the Tayebat archive
Note: according to the archive, the studies were compiled by the archive operators. Whether Dr. Elawady himself cited this study is not established.
- What the archive says about the study
Bibliography only.
- A. What was actually studied?
AMR gateway.
- B. What did the authors find?
Selection and transfer.
- C. What conclusions do the authors themselves draw?
Prevent overuse.
- D. What does the archive derive from it?
Supports antibiotic concern.
- E. Is this derivation scientifically justified?
Justified.
- Adequacy of the interpretation (by the archive)
- essentially correct but incomplete