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Table 2 Bacteria reported as number of studies (% of all of studies) in different clinical syndromes

From: Antimicrobial resistance in Africa: a systematic review

Bacteria

No. Studies

HAI

N (%)

BSI

N (%)

UTI

N (%)

AGE

N (%)

WI

N (%)

Carriage

N (%)

S. aureus

79

17 (21.5)

17 (21.5)

NS

NS

22 (27.8)

10 (12.7)

S. pneumoniae

24

NA

8 (33.3)

1 (4.2)

NS

NS

4 (16.7)

E. coli

87

15 (17.2)

17 (19.5)

17 (19.5)

7 (8)

NS

2 (2.3)

Enterobacter spp.

36

3 (8.3)

8 (22.2)

8 (22.2)

1 (2.8)

NS

NA

Haemophilus influenza

7

NA

NA

NS

NS

NS

NA

CoNSa

27

9 (33.3)

6 (22.2)

5 (18.5)

NS

9 (33.3)

NA

Citrobacter spp.

19

2 (10.5)

5 (26.3)

7 (36.8)

NS

NS

NA

S. Typhi

28

2 (7.1)

13 (46.4)

1 (3.6)

6 (21.4)

NS

1 (3.6)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

60

17 (28.3)

11 (18.3)

8 (13.3)

NS

20 (33.3)

2 (3.3)

Serratia spp.

7

1 (14.3)

2 (28.6)

NA

NS

NS

1 (14.3)

Klebsiella pneumoniae

75

15 (20)

21 (28)

15 (20)

NS

16 (21.3)

2 (2.7)

Proteus spp.

46

10 (21.7)

8 (17.4)

10 (21.7)

NS

NS

1 (2.2)

Acinetobacter spp.

17

5 (29.4)

7 (41.2)

1 (5.9)

NS

4 (23.5)

NA

Neisseria meningitidis

1

NA

NA

NS

NS

NS

NA

Shigella spp.

8

NA

NA

NA

6 (75)

NS

NA

Campylobacter spp.

3

NA

NA

1 (33.3)

3 (100)

NS

NA

Group A Streptococcus

18

1 (5.6)

6 (33.3)

NS

NS

3 (16.7)

2 (11.1)

Group B Streptococcus

2

NA

NA

NS

NS

NA

NA

Listeria monocytogenes

2

NA

1 (50)

1 (50)

NS

NA

NA

Non-Typhoidal Salmonella spp.

11

NA

9 (81.8)

NS

NA

NS

NA

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

11

NS

NA

2 (18.2)

NS

NS

NA

Moraxella spp.

2

NS

NA

NS

NS

NS

NA

Streptococcus spp.

3

NA

NA

1 (33.3)

NS

1 (33.3)

1 (33.3)

  1. HAI Hospital Acquired Infection, UTI Urinary Tract Infection, AGE Acute Gastroenteritis, WI Wound Infection, BSI Bloodstream Infections, NS Not significant since the bacterium is an unlikely cause of the infection etiology [180], NA Not applicable because data were not available for the specific combination
  2. aCoNS: Coagulase Negative Staphylococcus spp.