Table 2.
Overall Primary Resistance Pattern of Helicobacter pylori to Antibiotics in Adult Population Across Different Continents 2015–2017
| Country | No. of Participants | Overall Prevalence of Primary Antibiotic Resistance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMX | CLR | MTR | LVX | ||
| Europe | 256 | 0 | 0.3125(0.2588–0.3717) | 0.2852(0.2333–0.3433) | 0.1289(0.0933–0.1755) |
| North America | 130 | 0 | 0.1850(0.1273–0.2600) | 0.2000(0.1403–0.2769) | 0.2923(0.2210–0.3756) |
| South America | 566 | 0.0442(0.0301–0.0644) | 0.1943(0.1639–0.2290) | 0.0830(0.0630–0.1087) | 0.0724(0.0538–0.0968) |
| Asia | 2732 | 0.0395(0.0328–0.0478) | 0.3093(0.2922–0.3269) | 0.4890(0.4703–0.5078) | 0.2990(0.2822–0.3165) |
| Africa | 334 | 0.1766(0.1395–0.2212) | 0.2665(0.2219–0.3163) | 0.5719(0.5183–0.6238) | 0.0569(0.0367–0.0871) |
| Overall | 4218 | 0.0455(0.0396–0.0522) | 0.2722(0.2589–0.2858) | 0.3966(0.3820–0.4115) | 0.2248(0.2124–0.2376) |