Table 3.

E. coli resistance rate (%) to different antibiotics in the articles reviewed in the meta-analysis

First Author	Chloramphenicol	Nitrofurantoin	Imipenem	Cefalotin	Cephalexin	Cefixime	Cefotaxime	Ceftriaxone	Ceftazidime	Nalidixic acid	Ciprofloxacin	Amikacin	Gentamicin	Tetracycline	Amoxicillin	Ampicillin	Cotrimoxazole
Molazadeh[74]	-	5.5	-	48.9	-	-	-	-	-	24.8	19	-	11.5	-	-	84	60.3
Mohajeri[75]	-	6.7	-	52	45.9	28.6	24.8	29	24.2	43.2	30.1	4.7	14.8	74.2	86	83.4	58.7
Molazadeh[7]	-	11.9	-	49	-	43.4	-	40	-	56	30.9	-	31	-	-	-	59.4
Mosavian[76]	47.1	29.8	-	-	94.1	-	-	-	-	11.8	-	-	23.5	-	-	100	35.3
Madani[77]	-	8.5	11.8	66.7	41.4	46.8	30.4	29.8	38.8	38.5	25.5	32.3	43.3	-	-	91.4	61.1
Sorkhi[78]	-	30	-	-	86	-	-	6	-	20	-	7.5	18.5	-	-	91	81
GHoutaslou[79]	-	26.7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22.5	4.3	18.3	40	-	-	95.5	64.7
Nourozi[80]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	78.1
Alaie[81]	-	20.6	-	-	62.8	-	-	17.2	-	16.4	9	6	15.4	-	-	78.9	66
Torabi[82]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	57.4
Hajizadeh[83]	-	88	-	656	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	50	85	72
Eghbalian[84]	-	12.5	-	-	-	-	-	34.4	-	25	15.6	15.8	25	75	-	78.1	34.4
Jarsiah[72]	-	0.7	0	-	-	33.1	-	-	34.7	55.8	28.2	9.1	14.9	-	-	-	65.5
Mirmostafa[85]	16.9	8.4	25.3	48.2	61.5	-	38.5	37.3	27.7	56.6	32.5	18	28.2	63.6	83	-	59
Asgharian[87]	-	63	-	76	-	97	97	64	99	84	52	81	54	91	96.5	95	83
Sharif[88]	-	-	-	51.5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	87.7	56.3
Rahimi[89]	-	4	-	-	-	-	31	32	-	73	1	-	28	-	-	72	70
Mokhtarian[90]	-	39.3	-	-	73	-	-	-	-	44.6	9.4	36.9	50.2	-	100	99.1	62.2
Assefzadeh[91]	-	27.6	29.6	-	-	-	-	46.7	-	-	46.7	28	42	-	-	84.2	61.5
Tarhani[64]	-	11.8	-	-	-	4.7	-	3.1	-	7.1	3.1	2.4	9.4	-	63	65	54.3
Hamid-Farahani[92]	-	5	-	-	-	25.6	-	-	-	-	21.3	-	27.7	-	-	80.7	37
Mohammadi[93]	23.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	87.9	8.3	31.1	6.9	44.8	91	91	63.4
Fahimi[94]	-	5.9	-	-	37.1	-	-	2.9	-	5.9	-	5.9	11.8	-	-	92.9	75.3
Saedi[95]	-	7.6	7.2	-	-	-	-	38.4	38.4	-	15.3	7.6	23	-	-	53.8	-
Yazdi[102]	-	-	8.3	-	-	-	39.2	-	47.1	50	33.3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yadollahi[97]	-	40	-	-	95	-	-	-	-	68	-	80	6.9	-	9.5	95	-
Soleimani[98]	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	0	18	-	-	72	42
Moulana[99]	-	17.3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21.7	-	-	98.4	69.3
Heidari-soureshjani[100]	-	5.2	-	-	-	37.5	-	43.9	-	78.8	46.5	7.7	10	-	-	85.7	42.4
Soltan Dallal[101]	14	-	-	-	-	-	43	-	42	35	56	-	29	-	82	-	65
Fesharakinia[103]	-	26.2	-	-	51.7	23.1	-	23.9	25.8	33.8	-	-	20.9	-	-	-	69.9
Jalalpour[104]	-	16.7	-	-	-	-	-	-	19.5	54.9	30.3	-	27.8	-	-	-	59.2
Sahebnagh[106]	-	2.2	-	-	-	-	-	42.5	27.3	-	48.7	0.5	24.1	-	-	80.3	61.4
Safkhani[107]	-	1.4	-	-	-	-	-	34.8	27	-	17.9	2.9	18.2	-	-	76.8	60
Mohammadimehr[105]	-	-	-	-	-	-	39	-	17.9	51.2	22.8	-	-	-	-	-	-
Savadkoohi[111]	-	7.6	15	-	49	35	28	35.4	-	51	28	9.5	19	-	-	87.5	62.3
Sharif[112]	-	49.1	-	-	78.9	54.4	-	41.2	-	25.4	-	-	-	-	88.6	90.4	-
Isvand[3]	-	11.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	34.7	11.3	-	17.7	-	-	96.6	11.2
Esmaeili[113]	-	2.3	-	-	-	-	-	46.5	-	1.2	24.4	-	17.4	-	90.7	-	28
Hosseini[114]	-	23	-	-	-	-	18.6	-	25	46.6	15.9	20	22	-	79.9	72.6	48
Molazade[117]	-	21.5	-	62.3	-	57.2	-	43.5	-	52.4	17.2	-	31.4	-	-	-	66.5
Molazade[118]	-	16.4	-	64.1	69.6	61.6	66.7	56.6	-	66.8	36	10.2	34.4	62.1	-	100	68.7
Molaabaszadeh[119]	-	11	8	-	-	-	26.7	33	-	44	27	32	43.1	81	-	84	63.9
Farajnia[120]	-	12.9	-	-	24	-	-	-	-	6.3	6	2.2	3	-	-	93.1	-
Ahangarkani[121]	-	-	-	-	-	34	-	-	-	-	34	-	-	-	-	-	67
Nasiri[122]	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	86	-	65
Savadkoohi[111]	-	21.4	-	-	54.5	-	-	17.9	-	25	-	6	17	-	-	94.6	67
Esmaeli[124]	-	3.3	-	0	20.8	2.5	0	15	-	17.4	2.5	0.9	5.2	-	-	-	75.8
Zamanzad[126]	-	62	-	62	-	-	-	-	-	57	-	-	81	-	-	100	76.2
Zamanzad[126]	-	17.2	-	43	-	-	-	-	-	17.2	-	-	36.2	-	-	77.6	65.5
Norouzi[127]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	28.7	16.2	16.3	28.1	-	-	-	51
Abdolahi[128]	-	6	1	-	-	-	41	-	-	-	-	32	28	-	-	89	-
Sharifi[129]	7.5	-	0.8	100	-	-	-	-	41.6	48.3	28.3	5	20.8	55	76.6	-	62.5
Borji[130]	-	17.1	-	-	-	-	-	2.5	-	21.2	9.4	-	24.8	-	-	91.1	80.5
Barati[131]	-	3	-	-	23.6	-	-	13.5	-	28.6	-	-	8.9	-	53.4	65.9	47
Farshad[132]	35.4	3.1	-	-	-	19.7	-	-	10.4	25	8.3	3.1	15.6	70.8	-	80.2	76
Tajvidi[133]	-	-	29	-	-	39	-	30	-	-	30	-	22	-	-	-	51
Ranjbaran[134]	56	18	-	-	-	-	73	76	72	-	29	27	74	60	74	-	88
Beheshti[135]	-	1	-	47.6	-	-	-	-	-	33	26.2	-	16.4	-	-	84.5	64.1
Beheshti[135]	-	2.9	-	51	-	-	-	-	-	45.1	32.4	-	18.6	-	-	90.2	71.6
Babaie[136]	-	20	-	-	-	93.3	-	100	83.3	-	83.3	13.3	63.3	86.7	96.7	-	93.3
Tashkori[137]	-	12.3	-	58.9	-	-	28.1	30.1	27.4	39.7	21.9	-	15.6	-	-	-	62.3
Momeni mofrad[65]	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	55	1	39	-	-	85	-
Naghavi[138]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nateghian[139]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	38.4	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	-	-
Zibaei[140]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	82.8	43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fallah[141]	49	33.5	27.1	60	-	-	-	-	38.1	57.4	36.2	32.1	46.4	-	78	-	67.7
Khodadoost[142]	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	24.3	15.7	-	31.4	-	16.4	-	-	81.4	62.1
Ghadiri[143]	-	-	-	-	-	35.6	-	39.1	-	44.8	-	14.9	20.7	-	-	-	72.4
soleimaifard[144]	-	3.3	-	-	-	53.3	-	56.7	-	73.3	40	0	16.7	-	-	93.3	-
Akya[145]	-	-	-	-	-	-	46	45.2	26.1	-	37	-	24.7	-	-	83	57.5
Dezfolimanesh[146]	-	-	12.5	-	-	-	49.7	49.7	35.9	-	34.1	11.2	36.8	-	-	79.1	55.6
Sedighi[147]	-	6	-	-	-	44	-	-	-	60	-	2	18	-	-	-	70
Neamati[148]	-	17.3	0.7	-	-	-	-	56.7	49.3	71.3	61.3	-	40	-	16	81.3	64.7
Sedighi[149]	-	0	-	-	-	35	-	30	-	47	-	4	-	-	-	-	70
Emam[150]	13.3	34.3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21.6	6.7	28.6	72.1	-	-	-	71.4
Sedighi[149]	-	0	-	-	-	35	-	30	-	47	-	4	-	-	-	-	7700
Erfani[151]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	33.2	-	43.6	-	22.8	-	-	-	-
Nakhaiemoghadam[152]	-	1.8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	34.9	21.1	-	12.8	-	-	-	55.1