Table 1.
Pathogen | No. studies | Bacteria |
Outbreak duration (months) | CFR% |
---|---|---|---|---|
World Bank classification | Mean (95% CI) | Mean (95% CI) | ||
Total all countries | 6 | MRSA | 3.5 (2–8) | 0 (0–10) |
6 | Serratia marcescens | 14.6 (8.9–20.4) | 11 (4–19) | |
2 | Escherichia coli | 7 (2.5–11.5) | 8 (0–23) | |
10 | Klebsiella pneumoniae | 6.5 (5.4–7.5) | 49 (41–57) | |
2 | Acinetobacter baumanii | 9 (6.8–11.2) | 67 (59–75) | |
4 | Other | 8.5 (3–11.5) | 17 (5–26) | |
World Bank classification | ||||
MRSA | 6 | High | 3.5 (2–8) | 0 (0–10) |
Upper–middle | NA | NA | ||
Lower–middle | NA | NA | ||
Low | NA | NA | ||
S. marcescens | 5 | High | 15.4 (9.3–21.5) | 9 (1–17) |
Upper–middle | NA | NA | ||
1 | Lower–middle | 4 | 44 | |
Low | NA | NA | ||
E. coli | 1 | High | 7 | 7 |
Upper–middle | NA | NA | ||
1 | Lower–middle | 10 | 100 | |
Low | NA | NA | ||
K. pneumoniae | 5 | High | 12.8 (10.9–14.7) | 17 (4–29) |
1 | Upper–middle | 1 | 0 | |
3 | Lower–middle | 2.2 (0.9–3.6) | 79 (64–87) | |
1 | Low | 8 | 85 | |
A. baumanii | High | NA | NA | |
2 | Upper–middle | 9 (6.8–11.2) | 67 (59–75) | |
Lower–middle | NA | NA | ||
Low | NA | NA |
CFR: case fatality ratio; MRSA: multi-resistant staphylococcus aureus; NA: not available.