Table 4. Rates of resistance to kanamycin reported for 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 | 0.65 (0.04-2.00) | 20.31 | 3 | 1.13 (0.54-1.93) | 17.19 |
| 2002-2004 | 4 | 2.60 (0.95-5.04) | 30.00 | 4 | 0.18 (0.05-0.40) | 32.27 | |
| 2005-2007 | 4 | 1.52 (0.31-3.62) | 30.03 | 3 | 0.16 (0.01-0.48) | 19.81 | |
| 2008-2010 | 2 | 1.78 (0.41-4.10) | 16.62 | 3 | 0.25 (0.06-0.57) | 30.74 | |
| Overall | 13 | 1.59 (0.88-2.51) | 100.00 | 13 | 0.30 (0.15-0.51) | 100.00 | |
| Asia-Africa | 1999-2001 | 5 | 31.56 (3.01-72.47) | 41.44 | 10 | 18.80 (3.93-41.30) | 56.25 |
| 2002-2004 | 4 | 27.90 (2.68-66.07) | 37.62 | 7 | 11.22 (0.27-45.02) | 37.61 | |
| 2005-2007 | 2 | 35.42 (0.04-90.30) | 20.94 | 1 | 64.16 (57.04-70.99) | 6.13 | |
| 2008-2010 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | N/A | N/A | |
| Overall | 11 | 31.28 (13.97-51.86) | 100.00 | 18 | 18.10 (4.89-37.20) | 100.00 | |
N/A: results not available.