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Table 2. Characteristics of included studies.

First author, country, year (ref) Study design Study year Recruitment site Condition/diagnosis No. of participants Total no. of isolates S. aureus MSSA MRSA Antibiotic resistance profile of MRSA isolates Quality score
Resistant Susceptible
Kumar A, India, 2011 Cohort study 2009-2010 Burn ward of Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital Sepsis/septicemia 80 28 8 1 7 Cephalexin (62.5%), erythromycin (62.5%), amoxicillin (62.5%), ciprofloxacin (62.5%), cefoxitin (87.5%), co-trimoxazole (75%), gentamicin (50%) Vancomycin (100%) 7
Perween N, India, 2015 Cross-sectional study 2012 Burn ward of a tertiary care hospital Burn wound infection 1294 883 141 61 80 Penicillin (100%), cephalexin (100%), cefazolin (100%), erythromycin (98.7%), clindamycin (97.4%), gentamicin (97.4%), amikacin (84.6%), ofloxacin (96.2%), ciprofloxacin (100%) Vancomycin (100%), teicoplanin (100%), linezolid (97.4%), chloramphenicol (85.9%), rifampicin (88.5%) 6
Amissah NA, Ghana, 2017 Cross-sectional study 2014-2015 Burn unit, Reconstructive Plastic Surgery and Burn Center of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Nosocomial infections/burn wound infection 62 80 80 58 22 N/A N/A 7
Fu Y, China, 2012 Cross-sectional study 1998-2009 Burn center, Changhai Hospital Burn wound infection 114 3620 1382 229 1153 N/A Vancomycin (100%) 7
Taneja N, India, 2004 Cohort study 2000-2001 Burn unit of a tertiary care referral center Hospital-acquired infections/burn wound infection 74 85 30 15 15 Erythromycin (66.6%), netilmicin (22.2%), cefotaxime (55.5%), ciprofloxacin (44.4%), gentamicin (77.7%) N/A 8
Ekrami A, Iran, 2015 Cross-sectional study 2013-2014 Burn center, Taleghani burn hospital Burn wound infection N/A 103 96 34 50 Penicillin (100%), cefoxitin (93%), ampicillin (89%), erythromycin (71%), tetracycline (75%), gentamicin (64%), ciprofloxacin (71%), ampicillin-sulbactam (57%), ceftazidime (79%) N/A 7
Cen H, China, 2015 Cross-sectional study 2011-2013 Burn ward of Zhejiang University of Medicine Hospital-acquired infections/burn wound infection 1942 2212 410 N/A 324 N/A N/A 6
Qader AR, Iraq, 2010 Cross-sectional study 2008-2009 Sulaimani Burn, Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery Hospital Nosocomial infections/burn wound infection 760 1405 462 202 179 N/A N/A 7
Bunnell KL, USA, 2017 Cohort study 2012-2015 Trauma and burn ICU at Rhode Island Hospital, a level I trauma center Nosocomial infections 80 115 N/A 87 13 N/A N/A 6
Gang RK, Kuwait, 2000 Cohort study 1992-1998 Burn Unit of the Al-Babtain Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery of the Ibn Sina Hospital Sepsis/septicemia 80 91 N/A 11 8 N/A N/A 6
DiMuzio EE, USA, 2012 Cross-sectional study 2004-2011 Cincinnati Shriners Hospital for Children Burn wound infection N/A 7217 1790 N/A 806 N/A N/A 8
Raz-Pasteur A, Israel, 2012 Cross-sectional study 2001-2009 Rambam Healthcare Campus (RHC) Burn Unit and ICU Sepsis 159 159 N/A 25 83 N/A N/A 8
Ronat J, Iraq, 2014 Cross-sectional study 2008-2009 Sulaymaniyah burn center Systemic infections due to burns 1169 65 17 N/A N/A Penicillin G (100%), oxacillin (100%), gentamicin (88%), fusidic acid (71%), levofloxacin (59%), clindamycin (35%), minocycline (29%), rifampin (29%) Quinupristin-dalfopristin (88%), nitrofurantoin (100%), vancomycin (100%) 7
Appelgren P, Sweden, 2002 19 Cohort study 1993-1995 Burn unit of Karolinska Hospital Nosocomial/community acquired infections 230 200 69 66 3 N/A N/A 8
Bang LR, Kuwait, 2004 Cohort study 1992-2001 Burns Unit, Al-Babtain Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery Sepsis/septicemia 166 253 119 11 108 N/A N/A 6
Vostrugina K, Lithuania, 2006 Cohort study 1999-2003 Department of Plastic Surgery and Burns of Kaunas University of Medicine Hospital 82 82 N/A 24 58 N/A N/A 7
Schweizer M, USA, 2012 Cohort study 2009-2010 BTU of a teaching hospital with a level-1 trauma center Sepsis/bacteremia 144 144 N/A N/A 24 Erythromycin (91%) Linezolid (100%), daptomycin (100%), quinupristin-dalfopristin (100%), rifampin (100%), co-trimoxazole (100%), gentamicin (100%), vancomycin (100%) 6
Naqvi Z.A., Pakistan, 2007 Cross-sectional study 2002-2003 Department of Microbiology, Basic Medical Sciences Institute, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi Burn wound infection 52 190 41 N/A 10 Clindamycin (70%), amikacin (90%), ciprofloxacin (100%), gentamicin (80%), clarithromycin (80%) Vancomycin (100%), chloramphenicol (100%) 6
Lee H.G., Korea, 2013 Cross-sectional study 2007-2011 Burn intensive care unit Nosocomial infections/burn wound infection 397 562 81 N/A 78 N/A N/A 8
Singh N.P., India, 2017 Cross-sectional study 2010-2014 Burn wards and intensive care unit Nosocomial infections/burn wound infection N/A 762 N/A 21 70 N/A N/A 6
Fransen J., Sweden, 2016 Cross-sectional study 1994-2012 The Burn Center, Department of Hand, Plastic and Burn Surgery, University Hospital of Linko Ping Burn wound infection 1570 4531 851 N/A 15 N/A N/A 8