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. 2015 Jan 2;143(13):2687–2699. doi: 10.1017/S0950268814003446

Table 2.

Rates of resistance to ceftriaxone, cefotaxime and cefazidime in Shigella flexneri and S. sonnei isolated from Europe-America and Asia-Africa during 1998–2012

District Study period S. flexneri S. sonnei
R% (95% CI) Weight % R% (95% CI) Weight %
Ceftriaxone
Europe-America 1998–2000 0·3 (0·0–1·7) 12·8 0·1 (0·0–0·4) 9·7
2001–2003 1·1 (0·2–2·6) 23·3 0·1 (0·0–0·3) 33·5
2004–2006 0·6 (0·1–1·4) 42·9 0·4 (0·2–0·7) 34·4
2007–2009 0·4 (0·0–1·6) 21·0 0·3 (0·1–0·7) 22·4
2010–2012 NR NR NR NR
Overall 0·6 (0·3–1·1) 100·0 0·2 (0·1–0·4) 100·0
Asia-Africa 1998–2000 0·4 (0·1–0·8) 22·3 1·3 (0·6–2·2) 25·7
2001–2003 1·4 (0·7–2·4) 33·4 2·0 (0·9–3·5) 39·5
2004–2006 2·8 (1·4–4·8) 25·7 6·2 (2·4–11·5) 24·2
2007–2009 10·6 (3·3–21·4) 14·8 15·6 (8·1–25·1) 9·4
2010–2012 32·1 (1·1–79·5) 3·8 6·7 (1·0–16·9) 1·1
Overall 3·0 (2·0–4·2) 100·0 3·5 (2·3–5·0) 100·0
Cefotaxime
Europe-America 1998–2000 NR NR NR NR
2001–2003 NR NR NR NR
2004–2006 0·6 (0·1–3·2) 100·0 0·2 (0·1–1·6) 100·0
2007–2009 NR NR NR NR
2010–2012 NR NR NR NR
Overall 0·6 (0·1–3·2) 100·0 0·2 (0·1–1·6) 100·0
Asia-Africa 1998–2000 4·3 (0·6–11·4) 24·5 0·6 (0·1–1·8) 30·8
2001–2003 2·4 (0·8–4·9) 29·3 0·8 (0·3–1·6) 33·9
2004–2006 4·0 (1·2–8·4) 27·9 4·8 (0·3–14·6) 22·5
2007–2009 21·6 (8·1–39·2) 11·8 13·5 (4·4–26·5) 7·0
2010–2012 34·0 (25·5–43·1) 6·5 14·2 (1·7–36·0) 5·8
Overall 6·3 (3·7–9·7) 100·0 2·8 (1·3–4·8) 100·0
Ceftazidime
Europe-America 1998–2000 NR NR NR NR
2001–2003 0·7 (0·1–4·2) 46·8 0·3 (0·1–2·1) 84·0
2004–2006 0·7 (0·6–5·7) 26·6 2·1 (1·9–17·3) 8·0
2007–2009 0·7 (0·6–5·7) 26·6 2·1 (1·9–17·3) 8·0
2010–2012 NR NR NR NR
Overall 0·7 (0·0–2·7) 100·0 0·5 (0·0–2·3) 100·0
Asia-Africa 1998–2000 1·9 (0·1–9·0) 11·7 0·6 (0·1–3·6) 10·0
2001–2003 2·8 (0·3–14·3) 34·3 1·3 (0·0–5·7) 39·0
2004–2006 10·4 (0·1–34·3) 29·6 9·5 (1·3–24·0) 33·5
2007–2009 16·6 (0·9–46·1) 19·5 17·5 (2·8–73·6) 11·9
2010–2012 11·6 (2·8–25·3) 4·9 0·7 (0·6–5·8) 5·6
Overall 7·0 (1·9–14·8) 100·0 4·4 (1·4–9·0) 100·0

R, Resistance; CI, confidence interval; NR, no result.

Weight % refers to how much each row contributes to the ‘Overall’ row.