Table 3. Rates of resistance to gentamicin in S. flexneri and S. sonnei isolated from Europe-America and Asia-Africa during 1999-2010.
| Regions | Study period |
S. flexneri |
S. sonnei |
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| No. of studies | Resistance rate% (95%CI) | % Weight | No. of studies | Resistance rate% (95%CI) | % Weight | ||
| Europe-America | 1999-2001 | 3 | 0.29 (0.00-1.33) | 18.29 | 3 | 0.33 (0.06-0.82) | 13.93 |
| 2002-2004 | 6 | 0.85 (0.18-2.03) | 31.14 | 7 | 0.31 (0.05-0.78) | 32.06 | |
| 2005-2007 | 7 | 0.97 (0.29-2.02) | 36.57 | 8 | 0.61 (0.20-36.40) | 33.06 | |
| 2008-2010 | 2 | 0.24 (0.05-1.40) | 14.00 | 3 | 0.28 (0.05-0.70) | 17.61 | |
| Overall | 18 | 0.65 (0.30-1.14) | 100.00 | 21 | 0.39 (0.21-0.61) | 100.00 | |
| Asia-Africa | 1999-2001 | 11 | 10.44 (1.00-28.04) | 26.10 | 12 | 5.49 (0.88-13.69) | 32.07 |
| 2002-2004 | 14 | 9.05 (2.91-18.14) | 36.25 | 15 | 8.26 (2.19-17.68) | 35.04 | |
| 2005-2007 | 11 | 8.93 (3.07-17.45) | 25.56 | 10 | 30.54 (10.41-55.70) | 19.94 | |
| 2008-2010 | 5 | 12.74 (8.45-17.76) | 12.08 | 6 | 33.95 (3.75-75.11) | 12.95 | |
| Overall | 18 | 9.66 (5.51-14.81) | 100.00 | 43 | 13.66 (7.72-20.96) | 100.00 | |