Table 4. Bacterial antibiotic susceptibilities (%) for common first- and second-line therapies for treating children with SAM: results of a meta-analysis of 767 children from Uganda, Kenya, Turkey, Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa [30].

Antibiotic	Median	Interquartile range	Population-weighted mean (meta-analysis)*
Amoxicillin	42	27–55	52.9
Co-trimoxazole	22	17–23	35.4
Gentamicin	80	77–85	72.8
Amoxicillin–gentamicin combination	91.4	87–96	90.7
Chloramphenicol	57.5	46–69	73.7
Ciprofloxacin	93	82–93	90.0
Ceftriaxone	84	80–94	89.3
Amoxicillin–clavulanate	51	23–56	30.7

^*Mean susceptibility weighed proportionally (coefficient) to number of patients per study.