Table 2 Subgroup analysis of bacterial isolates by type of otitis media
From: Bacterial otitis media in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Bacterial isolate | Type of otitis media, prevalence % (95% CI) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patients with CSOM | Patients with OM | Pediatric patients OM | |||||||
Pooled prevalence (%) | No of study | I2 (%) | Pooled prevalence (%) | No of study | I2 (%) | Pooled prevalence (%) | No of study | I2 (%) | |
S. aureus | 18(11–25) | 14 | 96.2 | 23(19–27) | 12 | 88.29 | 27(15–39) | 7 | 94.9 |
CoNS | 7(2–12) | 4 | 82.5 | 9(4–14) | 6 | 96.98 | 1(0–5) | 1 |  |
Streptococcus spp | 5(3–7) | 10 | 79.18 | 2(1–4) | 8 | 70.79 | 10(4–15) | 5 | 82.7 |
Pseudomonas spp | 23(18–29) | 14 | 92.47 | 24(18–29) | 12 | 93.95 | 25(16–33) | 7 | 88.33 |
Proteus spp | 19(15–22) | 12 | 81.00 | 19(14–23) | 12 | 89.68 | 11(5–18) | 6 | 90.29 |
E. coli | 9(6–11) | 13 | 88.04 | 7(3–10) | 11 | 94.06 | 8(5–11) | 7 | 57.47 |
Klebsiella spp | 12(9–16) | 12 | 91.15 | 7(5–10) | 11 | 91.01 | 5(1–9) | 4 | 82.95 |
Other Enterobacteriaceae | 10(2–17) | 5 | 95.73 | 11(6–17) | 6 | 92.31 | 7(1–14) | 3 |  |
S. pneumoniae | 3 (1–6) | 4 | 88.29 | 2 (1–4) | 5 | 92.87 | 6 (3–9) | 4 | 39.46 |
H. influenzae | 2 (0–3) | 2 |  | 1 (0–3) | 1 |  | 8(5–11) | 2 |  |