Table 5. Rates of resistance to amikacin 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 | 0.29 (0.00-1.33) | 37.54 | 3 | 0.08 (0.00-0.38) | 24.02 |
| 2002-2004 | 3 | 0.40 (0.01-1.80) | 27.71 | 1 | 0.05 (0.04-0.41) | 14.61 | |
| 2005-2007 | 3 | 0.40 (0.01-1.78) | 27.86 | 5 | 0.07 (0.00-0.25) | 47.80 | |
| 2008-2010 | 1 | 0.53 (0.49-4.59) | 6.89 | 1 | 0.05 (0.05-0.44) | 13.57 | |
| Overall | 10 | 0.37 (0.05-0.96) | 100.00 | 10 | 0.07 (0.01-0.18) | 100.00 | |
| Asia-Africa | 1999-2001 | 5 | 5.60 (0.76-14.52) | 32.54 | 4 | 4.81 (0.38-13.72) | 32.51 |
| 2002-2004 | 5 | 11.85 (5.02-21.08) | 38.75 | 5 | 7.96 (0.69-22.11) | 46.25 | |
| 2005-2007 | 3 | 6.05 (0.02-21.49) | 28.71 | 2 | 7.88 (2.81-45.17) | 21.24 | |
| 2008-2010 | 13 | N/A | N/A | 0 | N/A | N/A | |
| Overall | 26 | 7.72 (3.37-13.66) | 100.00 | 11 | 6.91 (1.75-15.09) | 100.00 | |
N/A: results not available.