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. 2019 May 30;20:35. doi: 10.1186/s40360-019-0315-9

Table 2.

Characteristics of included studies describing the magnitude of culture positive wound samples and microbial profiles of clinical relevant bacterial isolates in Ethiopia (2000–2018)

Studies Year of publication Study setting Total patients (M/F ratio) Study characteristics Wound samples Culture positive No of isolates Gram-positive Gram -negative
S. aureus CoNS E. coli P. aeruginosa K. pneumoniae P. mirabilis
Abraham and Wamisho [41] 2009 TASH, AA 191 (158/33) Fracture in-and outpatients 200 196 162 24 12 17 16 12 6
Alebachew et al. [42] 2012 Yekatit 12 hospital 114 (58/56) Burn in-and outpatients 114 95 114 65 ND ND ND ND ND
Asres et al. [24] 2017 TASH, AA 197 (118/79) Postoperative in-and outpatients 197 149 168 56 19 24 8 15 2
Azene et al. [33] 2011 Dessie regional laboratory 12599 (368/231) Outpatients with any wound 599 422 500 208 9 82 92 12 55
Bitew et al. [34] 2018 Arsho medical laboratory 366 (213/153) Both in-and Patients with wound 366 271 271 110 11 49 14 12 7
Desalegn et al. [25] 2014 Hawassa TRH 194 (116/78) Post-surgical in and outpatients 194 138 177 66 6 45 18 24 18
Dessie et al. [31] 2016 St. Paul and Yekatit 12 hosp. 107 (56/51) Surgical inpatients 107 90 104 19 4 24 6 10 1
Gelaw et al. [26] 2014 UoG TH 42 (27/15) Surgical inpatients 142 42 49 11 4 6 3 10 9
Godebo et al. [35] 2013 JUSH NS Out/inpatients with wound 322 310 384 73 14 30 74 46 107
Guta et al. [27] 2014 HUTRH 100 (37/63) Surgical inpatients 100 92 177 45 26 30 16 32 12
Hailu et al. [36] 2016 Bahir Dar RHRL 234 (131/103) Both in-and outpatients with wound 380 234 234 100 ND 33 26 20 22
Kahsay et al. [28] 2014 DMRH 184 (61/123) Surgical inpatients 184 73 184 72 ND ND ND ND ND
Kiflie et al. [32] 2018 UoG TH 107 (0/107 Women with cesarean section or episiotomy 107 90 101 42 13 20 1 14 1
Lema et al. [44] 2012 Selected Hospitals, AA 245 (157/88) In-and outpatients with leprosy 245 222 298 68 18 14 7 2 47
Mama et al. [37] 2014 JUSH 150 (107/43) In/outpatients with wound 150 131 145 47 21 29 11 14 23
Mengesha et al. [29] 2014 Ayder TRH 128 (98/30) Surgical inpatients 128 96 123 40 18 6 11 29 15
Mohammed et al. [38] 2014 UoG RH 137 (81/56) In/outpatients with wound 137 115 136 39 17 8 8 17 6
Mulu et al. [39] 2006 UoGTH NS In/outpatients with wound 151 79 79 51 ND 8 ND 7 3
Mulu et al. [40] 2017 DMRH 238 (NS) In/outpatients with wound 238 115 90 70 ND 5 6 1 3
Sewnet et al. [43] 2013 Yekatit 12 hospital 50 (30/20) In/outpatients with burn case 50 21 47 16 6 ND 15 1 4
Tekie [30] 2008 TASH 173 (97/76) Outpatients with surgical wound 173 31 55 14 11 7 8 4 2
Total 4284 3012 3598

M Male, F Female, CoNS Coagulase negative Staphylococci, ND Not determined, JUSH Jimma University Specialized Hospital, UoGTH University of Gondar Teaching Hospital, Hawassa University Teaching and Referral Hospital, CS Cross-sectional, R Retrospective, TASH Tikur Anbesa Specialized Hospital, AA Addis Ababa, DMRH Debre Markos Referral Hospital, NS Not specified