Table 1 Summary of 20 studies reporting the prevalence of MRSA in different parts of Ethiopia, 2004-2015
From: Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Ethiopia: a meta-analysis
Region | Study area | Study period | Study design | Study population | Culture specimens | No of S. aureus isolates | Percentage of MRSA, N (%) | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amhara | Bahirdar, Dessie and Debre Tabor | December 2013 to April 2014 | Cross-sectional study | HIV infected pediatric patients | Skin swab, nasal swab, and perineum swab | 281 | 73 (26) | Lemma et al. 2015 [17] |
Gondar | February to May 2012 | Cross-sectional study | VL patients | Blood | 11 | 2 (18.2) | Endris et al. 2014 [15] | |
Gondar | July 2011 to June 2012 | Cross-sectional study | Neonates | Blood | 17 | 7 (41.2) | Gebrehiwot et al. 2012 [24] | |
Gondar | January to June 2011 | Cross-sectional study | Food handlers | Nasal swab | 41 | 4 (9.8) | Dagnew et al. 2012 [25] | |
Gondar | September 2009 to June 2010 | Cross-sectional study | In and out patient | Urine, eye discharge, genital swab, body fluid, pus, wound swab and discharge | 279 | 49 (17.6) | Anagaw et al. 2013 [22] | |
Gondar | January to June 2010 | Cross-sectional study | Patients with post-operative surgical site Infections | Pus swab | 26 | 9 (34.6) | Amare et al. 2012 [27] | |
Bahirdar | April to June 2006 | Cross-sectional study | In and out patient | surgical wound, ear discharges, eye discharges and throat swabs | 162 | 89 (54.9) | Abera et al. 2008 [29] | |
Debre Markos | March to June 2013 | Cross-sectional study | School children | Nasal swab | 123 | 17 (13.8) | Reta et al. 2015 [12] | |
Debre Markos | December 2011 to March 2012 | Cross-sectional study | Patients with surgical site infection | Wound swab | 73 | 36 (49.7) | Kahsay et al. 2014 [16] | |
Dessie | November 2010 to March 2011 | Cross-sectional study | Healthcare workers | Nasal swab | 34 | 15 (44.1) | Shibabaw et al. 2013 [22] | |
Oromia | Jimma | June to December 2011 | Cross-sectional study | In and out patient | Wound swab | 73 | 56 (76.7) | Godebo et al. 2013 [20] |
Jimma | December 2010 to June, 2011 | Cross-sectional study | Primary school children and prisoners | Nasal swab | 169 | 39 (23.1) | Kejela and Bacha, 2013 [19] | |
Jimma | January 2003 to July 2004 | Cross-sectional study | Out patients | Ear discharges, throat and wound swabs | 72 | 6 (8.3) | Gebre-Sealsssie, 2007 [30] | |
Harar and Jimma | - | Cross-sectional study | --- | Blood, CSF, pus, sputum and urine | 210 | 103 (49) | Rasheed and Ahmed, 2010 [28] | |
Central Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | March to August 2015 | Cross-sectional study | Post operative patients | Wound swab | 56 | 6 (10.7) | Getachew et al. 2015 [11] |
Addis Ababa | September 2013 to April 2014 | Cross-sectional study | In and out patient | Nasal swab, wound swab, ear discharge, blood, throat swab, eye swab, vaginal discharge, urethral discharge, urine, stool, sputum, CSF and body fluids | 194 | 34/(17.5) | Tebelay et al. 2014 [14] | |
Addis Ababa | March to May 2011 | Cross-sectional study | In and out patient (burn patients) | Wound swab | 66 | 51 (77.3) | Alebachew et al. 2012 [26] | |
Addis Ababa | April to July 2010 | Cross-sectional study | In and out patient (burn patients) | Blood and wound swabs | 24 | 5 (20.8) | Sewunet et al. 2013 [23] | |
Tigray | Mekelle | November 2010 to January 2011 | Cross-sectional study | Health care workers | Nasal swab and material from hand | 177 | 36 (20.3) | Gebreyesus et al. 2013 [21] |
Southern Ethiopia | Hawassa | August 2013 to December 2014 | Cross-sectional study | Health care workers | Sample from hand and mobile phones | 166 | 67 (40.2) | Daka, 2014 [13] |