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Table 2 Pooled prevalence of S. aureus resistance to different antimicrobial agents in Ethiopia

From: Resistance of Staphylococcus aureus to antimicrobial agents in Ethiopia: a meta-analysis

 

Agent

Number of studies

Total no of isolate tested

No of resistant isolate

Pooled AMR prevalence (95% CI)

I2 (p-value)

1.

Vancomycin

19

1750

132

0.11 (0.04,0.20)

95.34 (P ≤ 0.01)

2.

Methicilin

26

1179

843

0.47 (0.33,0.61)

96.82 (P ≤ 0.01)

3.

Ciprofloxacin

31

2254

400

0.19 (0.13, 0.26)

93.06(P ≤ 0.01)

4.

Tetracycline

36

3019

1982

0.62 (0.55, 0.68)

92.06(P ≤ 0.01)

5.

Cotrimoxazole

35

2825

1364

0.47 (0.40, 0.55)

92.85(P ≤ 0.01)

6.

Chloramphenicol

34

2763

1128

0.37 (0.29,0.45)

94.28 (P ≤ 0.01)

7.

Erythromycin

37

3828

2222

0.41 (0.29, 0.54)

98.28(P ≤ 0.01)

8.

Penicillin

33

2271

1627

0.76 (0.67, 0.84)

95.05(P ≤ 0.01)

9.

Clindamycin

14

1445

414

0.24 (0.12,0.37)

95.48(P ≤ 0.01)

10.

Carbencillin

6

398

184

0.34 (0.17,0.54)

86.89(P ≤ 0.01)

11.

Amoxicillin

18

870

660

0.77 (0.68,0.85)

87.44(P ≤ 0.01)

12.

Amoxicillin-clavulanic

12

524

166

0.30 (0.19,0.43)

88.64(P ≤ 0.01)

13.

Ampicillin

27

1814

1181

0.75 (0.65,0.85)

95.21(P ≤ 0.01)

14.

Gentamycin

39

3348

892

0.26 (0.18,0.34)

95.93(P ≤ 0.01)

15.

Ceftriaxone

28

2032

626

0.34 (0.25,0.43)

94.02(P ≤ 0.01)

16.

Cephalothin

15

2330

785

0.30 (0.18,0.43)

94.02(P ≤ 0.01)

17.

Cefoxitine

6

374

101

0.27 (0.06, 0.54)

95.74(P ≤ 0.01)

18.

Doxycline

14

541

239

0.43 (0.26,0.60)

93.32(P ≤ 0.01)

19.

Amikacin

4

211

62

0.23 (0.07,0.44)

90.42(P ≤ 0.01)

20.

Kanamycin

7

66

40

0.14 (0.05,0.25)

79.36(P ≤ 0.01)

21.

Norfloxacilin

11

751

186

0.25 (0.14,0.38)

92.79(P ≤ 0.01)