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Table 3 Antimicrobial resistance patterns of clinically relevant bacterial isolates from wound infection in Ethiopia

From: Microbial epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance patterns of wound infection in Ethiopia: a meta-analysis of laboratory-based cross-sectional studies

Types of Bacteria Studies Number of isolates Number of isolates resistant to
AMO AMC AMP CIP CRO SXT ERY GEN MET
S. aureus Abraham and Wamisho 24 9 6 20 4 2 6 2 3 5
Alebachew et al 66 – 22 – – 23 – 9 – 51
Asres et al. 56 – 9 – 7 – 19 9 7 6
Azene et al 208 165 – – 18 37 140 72 26 22
Bitew et al 110 – – – 7 – 30 70 2 –
Kiflie et al 42 28 – 30 – 15 26 – – 22
Desalegn et al 66   20 63 26 54 37 29 26 –
Dessie et al 19 – – – 3 – 4 4 3 –
Godebo et al 73 – – 67 10 15 44 58 12 57
Guta et al 45 45 – – – 16 – – 9 –
Hailu et al NDA – – – 5(67) – 16 (94) 30 (96) – 20 (95)
Kahsay et al 73 13 – 13 – – 1 – 9 36
Lema et al 68 45 8 58 6 – 23 20 5 50
Mama et al 47 – – 45 2 7 3 7 2 –
Mengesha et al 40 37 20 36 – 36 – 9 4 34
Mohammed et al 39 34 – – 8 8 15 24 7 30
Mulu et al., 2006 51 – – 28 – – 18 – – –
CoNS Abraham and Wamisho 12 1 – 4 1 1 – 1 2  
Asres et al. 19 – 15 – 5 – 14 11 12  
Kiflie et al 13 11 – 11 – 5 8 – –  
Desalegn et al 6 – 3 6 3 6 3 3 3  
Dessie et al 4 – – – 4 – 3 3 3  
Godebo et al 14 – – 9 0 2 5 0 0  
Guta et al 26 4 – – – 13 – – 13  
Lema et al 18 6 – 12 1 – 9 9 3  
Mama et al 21 – – 19 5 6 3 8 4  
Mengesha et al 18 16 14 14 – 13 – 9 9  
Mohammed et al 16 13 – – 3 8 7 8 3  
E. coli Abraham and Wamisho 17 8 4 7 1 2 5 – 2  
Asres et al. 24 20 14 – 5 – 15 – 7  
Azene et al 82 70 – – 21 55 55 43 12  
Bitew et al 49 – 35 35 5 10 22 – 5  
Kiflie et al 20 14 – 16 4 12 10 – 7  
Desalegn et al 45 – 21 45 18 18 27 – 21  
Dessie et al 24 – 17 23 16 20 – – 13  
Godebo et al 30 – – 23 1 20 6 – 0  
Guta et al 30 20 – – – 10 – – 0  
Hailu et al NDA – 24 (33) 31 (33) 15 (33) 6 (24) 23 (30) – 18 (33)  
Lema et al 14 10 7 9 – – 9 – –  
Mama et al 29 – – 29 10 18 16 – 15  
Mengesha et al 6 4 6 6 1 4 – 2 –  
Mohammed et al 8 – – 6 3 1 4 – 1  
Mulu et al., 2006 8 – – 7 – – 5 – –  
P. aeruginosa Abraham and Wamisho 16 13 13 14 0 5 11 – 2  
Asres et al. 8 8 7 – 1 – 7 – 2  
Azene et al 92 76 – – 4 47 71 83 7  
Bitew et al 14 – 14 14 1 11 9 – 1  
Desalegn et al 18 – 18 18 0 18 12 – 9  
Dessie et al 6 – 6 6 2 5 – – 0  
Godebo et al 74 – – 72 4 7 65 – 8  
Guta et al 16 16 – – – 8 – – 8  
Hailu et al NDA – – – 5 (26) – 3 (9) – 7 (23)  
Lema et al 7 6 7 6 – – 7 – 1  
Mama et al 11 – – 11 – 7 8 – 2  
Mengesha et al 11 11 11 11 9 11 – 3 –  
Mohammed et al 8 – – – 3 3 – – 3  
Tekie 8 – – – 6 4 7 – 3  
K. pneumoniae Abraham and Wamisho 12 8 4 12 0 3 3 – 3  
Asres et al. 15 14 12 – 4 13 13 – 9  
Azene et al 12 12 – – – – 8 – 0  
Bitew et al 12 – 12 12 2 7 5 – 2  
Kiflie et al 14 14 – 14 2 8 9 – 3  
Desalegn et al 24 – 12 21 15 21 21 – 24  
Dessie et al 10 – 10 10 2 9 – – 4  
Godebo et al 46 – – 32 13 13 30 – 13  
Guta et al 32 25 – – – 9 – – 12  
Hailu et al NDA – 10 (20) 15 (20) 4 (20) 2 (18) 8 (20) – 11 (18)  
Mama et al 14 – – 14 5 10 12 – 9  
Mengesha et al 29 29 19 26 11 25 – 13 8  
Mohammed et al 17 – – 16 10 9 11 – 5  
P. mirabilis Abraham and Wamisho 6 2 1 1 0 0 3 – 0  
Azene et al 55 48 – – 9 35 45 51 5  
Bitew et al 7 – 4 5 2 5 5 – 2  
Desalegn et al 18 – 9 18 0 6 3 – 6  
Godebo et al 107 – – 77 8 8 81 – 35  
Guta et al 12 11 – – – 8 – – 6  
Hailu et al NDA – 12 (22) 17 (22) 5 (22) 8 (18) 7 (17) – 5 (22)  
Lema et al 47 24 20 31 4 – 21 – 4  
Mama et al 23 – – 21 4 15 9 – 6  
Mengesha et al 15 15 7 13 7 11 – 9 3  
Mohammed et al 6 – – 6 2 1 5 – 2  
  1. ---, Not tested, NDA Number of isolates is different among antimicrobial agents tested as indicated in parenthesis of the corresponding rows, AMO Amoxicillin, AMP Ampicillin, AMC Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, SXT Cotrimoxazole, CRO Ceftriaxone, CIP Ciprofloxacin, GEN Gentamicin, ERY Erythromycin
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