Table 2.
Results of each bacterial type isolated from bloodstream-infected patients.
| Type of bacterial isolates | No. of studies | Total no. of culture-positive/from blood total specimens | Pooled prevalence rate (95% CI) | I 2 (p values) |
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| S.pyrogenes [36, 38, 39, 41, 42, 44, 45, 47] | 8 | 31/2,947 | 0.88 (0.54, 1.22) | 0.0% (<0.638) |
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| Pseudomonas species [7, 11, 14, 36, 39–41, 43, 45, 48, 51] | 8 | 59/5,108 | 0.39 (0.08, 0.70) | 0.0% (<0.885) |
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| Salmonella species [7, 11, 36–38, 40, 42, 48, 51, 52, 56] | 11 | 7/4,628 | 1.09 (0.79, 1.38) | 51.1% (<0.021) |
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| E. coli [7, 11, 14, 35, 36, 38–45, 47, 48, 50–54, 56] | 21 | 156/7,634 | 1.69 (1.21, 2.16) | 65.9% (<0.001) |
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| Klebsiella species [7, 8, 11, 14, 35–45, 47, 48, 50–54, 56] | 23 | 362/8,219 | 4.30 (2.45, 6.16) | 91.0% (<0.001) |