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. 2019 Sep 2;12:2713–2725. doi: 10.2147/IDR.S206084

Table 1.

Prevalence of antibiotic resistance in blood-isolated Enterococcus spp.

Antibiotic Enterococcus faecalis Enterococcus faecium Enterococcus spp.
Pooled prevalence (%) (95% CI) n/N N of studies Pooled prevalence (%) (95% CI) n/N N of studies Pooled prevalence (%)
(95% CI)
n/N N of studies
Vancomycin 1.6 (1.4–2.5) 336/14,741 88 10 (8–13) 1762/12,695 108 6.6 (5.7–7.7) 3029/34,708 245
Gentamicin 36.5 (33–40) 7167/20,163 89 46.5 (39–45) 2019/4196 53 37.5 (35–40) 11,284/29,958 181
Ampicillin 4 (2.3–7) 921/11,047 48 78 (73–82.5) 2979/3747 45 43.5 (39.3–47.8) 5678/20,870 133
Teicoplanin 2 (1.2–3) 215/7031 41 14.5 (9.5–22) 488/2246 36 6 (5–6.5) 1285/14,876 110
Linezolid 0.6 (0.3–1) 52/8762 34 1.7 (1–2.8) 34/3293 34 0.9 (0.7–1.3) 104/17,947 100
Ciprofloxacin 43.5 (36–51) 2855/6840 40 75 (69–80) 1944/2513 32 57.5 (53–61.7) 6530/12,666 99
Streptomycin 35 (30.5–40) 2805/8097 42 50.5 (42.2–59) 1336/2377 35 38.53 (4.5–45.5) 5192/13,207 88
Erythromycin 70 (65–74) 3952/5553 27 84 (79–88) 1661/1977 26 73.7 (70–77) 6969/10,874 69
Penicillin 18 (12–26.5) 868/5382 26 85.5 (81–89) 1656/1926 24 61 (55.5–66) 2900/8437 66
Chloramphenicol 30 (23.3–38) 543/1838 19 17.5 (11.5–26) 113/657 14 26 (22.3–30) 1355/5419 62
Levofloxacin 27.5 (22–34) 1511/5045 17 79.3 (72.6–84.7) 1182/1484 17 45 (40.7–49.6) 4397/10,437 54
Quinupristin/dalfopristin 97 (89–99.2) 2170/2479 9 8 (4.6–13.8) 225/1972 23 44.5 (36–53) 4435/7862 50
Tetracycline 81.5 (74.6–87) 2822/3497 21 59 (49.2–68) 651/1194 16 66 (62–70) 4951/7028 48
Daptomycin 0.2 (0.1–0.5) 0/3636 11 0.6 (0.2–1.2) 0/1308 12 0.4 (0.3–0.6) 2/8704 40
Nitrofurantoin 2 (0.8–5.6) 77/2494 14 43 (30.5–56.7) 455/1003 14 21.5 (15.7–28.5) 703/4401 33
Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid 3.2 (0.5–18.5) 8/400 5 54 (35–72) 110/207 5 29.5 (19.5–41.5) 183/976 19
Imipenem 5 (0.6–21.2) 119/1076 6 79.3 (57.2–91.7) 548/669 5 45 (25.5–66) 731/2327 16
Tigecycline 0.5 (0.1–1.7) 1/738 4 1 (0.2–4.5) 3/492 4 0.5 (0.2–1) 4/3404 11
Norfloxacin 23.5 (13–38.6) 122/434 3 70.3 (40.89.3) 114/144 3 57.3 (49.6–64.7) 446/902 10
Amikacin 21.5 (17–27.3) 51/236 2 31 (20.5–45.5) 19/62 2 23.3 (19–28.3) 133/633 10
Linezolid 0.9 (0.1–7) 1/537 4 0.9 (0.2–4.3) 0/172 3 1 (0.1–2.7) 2/834 9