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. 2020 Jun 22;9(3):451–465. doi: 10.1007/s40121-020-00308-3

Table 3.

Characteristics of systemic reviews with or without meta-analysis included in the overview

Authors Years Type of study Number of primary studies Aim of the review Type of antimicrobial agent
Penicillin (% R) Cephalosporin (% R) Macrolides (% R) Fluoroquinolone (% R) Others (% R)
Tadesse [19] 1974—2009 MA 14 AMR of Salmonella species isolated from a human specimen AMP (86.01) CRO (78.8) Not reported CIP (3.61), NOR(15.5) SXT (68), MDR (79.6)
Deyno [20] 2006–2015 MA 21 AMR of CoNS clinically significant isolates AMP (64), PEP (57), AMO (40), MRSA (37) CRO (27) ERY (30) CIP (17), NOF (39) SXT (50)
Eshetie [21] 2004–2014 MA 20

MET resistance

S. aureus isolates

PEP (99), AMP (98.1), AMO (97), MRSA (35) CRO (30.8) ERY (97.2) CIP (37.3) SXT (46.4)
Hussen [22] 1999–2018 MA 29 AMR of the Shigella species AMP (83.1), AMO (84.1) CRO (9.3) ERY (86.5) CIP (8.9) MDR (83.2)
Sisay [23] 2015–2018 MA 37 Clinically relevant bacterial against fluoroquinolone Not reported Not reported Not reported

CIP (18.6) for S. aureus

CIP (7.4) for GBS

CIP (24.3) for E. coli

Not reported
Sisay [24] 2000–2018 MA 21 AMR of bacteria from wound infection

MRSA (49), AMC (27), AMO (69), AMP (76) for S. aureus

AMP (84), AMO (73) AMC (57) for E. coli

CRO(36) for S. aureus CRO (45) for E. coli ERY (34) for S. aureus

CIP (12) for S. aureus

CIP (27) for E.coli

SXT (35) for S. aureus

SXT(53) for E.coli

Beshir [25] 2007–2017 MA 35 Drug Resistance Patterns of E. coli AMP (83.8), AMO (75.8), AMC (49) DOX (48.6) CRO (30.2) ERY (52.9) CIP (27.6), NOR (32.8) SXT, (57.5)
Deyno [26] 1969–2015 MA 45

Resistance of S. aureus

to antimicrobials

AMO (77), PEN (76), AMP (75), DOX (43), MET (47), AMC (30) CRO (34) ERY (41) CIP (19), NOR (25) SXT (47)
Muhie [27] MA 33 Antibiotic use and resistance pattern in Ethiopia Not reported CRO (43.4) to E. coli CRO (35.3) to S. aureus Not reported

CIP (33.2) to E. coli

CIP (20.5) to S. aureus

MDR (68.1) to E. coli

MDR (59.7) to S. aureus

Reta [28] 2003–2018 MA 10 Nasal colonization of MET resistant S. aureus MRSA (10.94%) Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reported
Reta [29] SR 39 Bacterial infections and their AMR

AMP (10–20), S. pneumonia

AMP (47–100%), S. aureus

AMP(66.7–100), E.coli

CRO (0–25) to S. pneumonia

CRO (6.7–100) to S. aureus

CRO (0–66.7) to E.coli

Not reported

CIP (2–20), to S. pneumonia

CIP (0–66.7) S. aureus

Cip (4–100) to E.coli

SXT (20–65) to S. pneumonia

SXT (6–100) to S. aureus SXT (15–70.4) to E.coli

Beyene [30] 1975–2000 SR 8 Typhoid fever in Ethiopia AMP (46–99) SXT (57–100) SxT (47.9–100)

AMR antimicrobial resistance, MA meta-analysis, SR systemic review, AMO amoxicillin, AMP ampicillin, AMC amoxicillin-clavulanate, ERY erythromycin, PEP penicillin, CIP ciprofloxacin, NOR norfloxacin, SXT trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole, CRO ceftriaxone, DOX doxycycline, MET methicillin, MRSA methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus, GBS Group B streptococcus, R resistance, CoNS coagulase negative Staphylococcus aureus