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Table 4 Pooled proportion of antibiotic resistance GBS isolated from pregnant women in Africa since 1996 to 31th January 2019

From: Streptococcus agalactiae maternal colonization, antibiotic resistance and serotype profiles in Africa: a meta-analysis

Antibiotics disc tested for GBSa

No. of Studies reporting antibiotic resistance (n = 34)

Estimated proportion of antibiotic resistance (95% CI)

I2 (%)a

p-value

Penicillin

9

33.562 (17.027, 50.096)

97.1

0.000

Ampicillin

8

26.783 (10.709, 42.857)

95.1

0.001

Clindamycin

22

19.632 (14.350, 24.915)

91.7

0.000

Erythromycin

27

20.823 (15.610, 26.036)

91.5

0.000

Vancomycin

9

19.702 (10.206, 29.199)

89.1

0.000

Ceftriaxone

12

25.993 (17.350, 34.637)

84.3

0.000

Amoxicillin

2

31.422 (22.783, 40.060)

0.0

0.000

Ciprofloxacin

8

24.564 (10.789, 38.339)

94.7

0.000

Chloramphenicol

9

27.339 (15.844, 38.835)

96.2

0.000

Tetracycline

13

82.626 (75.899, 89.354)

95.2

0.000

  1. Italic values indicate significance of p-value (p < 0.05)
  2. CI Confidence interval
  3. aChi square