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Table 4 Pooled estimates of antimicrobial resistance among Gram-positive bacteria obtained from wound samples in Ethiopia

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

Antimicrobial agents

Pooled estimates of resistant isolates (Proportion)

S. aureus

CoNS

Pooled ES (95% CI)

I2 (%)

Pooled ES (95% CI)

I2 (%)

AMO

0.69 (0.50, 0.87)

97.64

0.62 (0.34, 0.90)

93.05

AMC

0.27 (0.16, 0.38)

81.35

NA

–

AMP

0.76 (0.60, 0.92)

97.17

0.72 (0.57,0.87)

70.85

CIP

0.12 (0.08, 0.16)

72.39

0.13 (0.04, 0.23)

65.46

CRO

0.36 (0.17, 0.55)

97.23

0.37 (0.19, 0.54)

81.58

SXT

0.35 (0.20, 0.49)

97.64

0.49 (0.31, 0.66)

75.21

ERY

0.34 (0.22, 0.46)

94.69

0.40 (0.20, 0.40)

90.05

GEN

0.13 (0.08, 0.18)

82.90

0.33 (0.17, 0.50)

88.16

MET

0.49 (0.31, 0.68)

94.50

NA

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  1. AMO Amoxicillin, AMP Ampicillin, AMC Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, SXT Cotrimoxazole, CRO Ceftriaxone, CIP Ciprofloxacin, GEN Gentamicin, MET Methicillin, ERY Erythromycin, NA Not analyzed: CoNS, Coagulase negative Staphylococci