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

Table 4.

Pooled estimates of antimicrobial resistance among Gram-positive bacteria obtained from wound samples in Ethiopia

Antimicrobial agents Pooled estimates of resistant isolates (Proportion)
S. aureus CoNS
Pooled ES (95% CI) I2 (%) Pooled ES (95% CI) I2 (%)
AMO 0.69 (0.50, 0.87) 97.64 0.62 (0.34, 0.90) 93.05
AMC 0.27 (0.16, 0.38) 81.35 NA
AMP 0.76 (0.60, 0.92) 97.17 0.72 (0.57,0.87) 70.85
CIP 0.12 (0.08, 0.16) 72.39 0.13 (0.04, 0.23) 65.46
CRO 0.36 (0.17, 0.55) 97.23 0.37 (0.19, 0.54) 81.58
SXT 0.35 (0.20, 0.49) 97.64 0.49 (0.31, 0.66) 75.21
ERY 0.34 (0.22, 0.46) 94.69 0.40 (0.20, 0.40) 90.05
GEN 0.13 (0.08, 0.18) 82.90 0.33 (0.17, 0.50) 88.16
MET 0.49 (0.31, 0.68) 94.50 NA

AMO Amoxicillin, AMP Ampicillin, AMC Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, SXT Cotrimoxazole, CRO Ceftriaxone, CIP Ciprofloxacin, GEN Gentamicin, MET Methicillin, ERY Erythromycin, NA Not analyzed: CoNS, Coagulase negative Staphylococci