Fig. 4.

Forest plot depicting the prevalence of ESBL-producing E. coli isolated from human samples in Bangladesh. The estimate of the prevalence was determined by combining the findings of 22 separate studies by applying a random-effects model to the data. An I² value > 75% and a p-value < 0.05 were deemed statistically significant. The R program was used to analyse the data and generate the figure. Events = No. of positive ESBL-producing E. coli isolated from each study, Total = Sample size of each study, CI = Confidence interval, * = Study conducted with more than one sample category.