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Table 2 Overall resistance rate of Klebsiella pneumoniae to various antimicrobials

From: Klebsiella pneumoniae: an increasing threat to public health

Subgroups

No. of events/studies

Prevalence of drug resistance, % (CI)

Heterogeneity test

I2 (%)

p value

Overall resistant to amikacin

11

40.8 (31.9–50.4)

93.7

< 0.001

Overall resistant to aztreonam

9

73.3 (59.9–83.4)

97.4

< 0.001

Overall resistant to ceftazidime

10

75.7 (65.4–83.6)

90.5

< 0.001

Overall resistant to ciprpfloxacin

11

59.8 (48.6–70.1)

96.4

< 0.001

Overall resistant to colistin

5

2.9 (1.8–4.4)

0.0

0.5250

Overall resistant to cefotaxime

8

79.2 (68.0–87.2)

93.8

< 0.001

Overall resistant to cefepime

8

72.6 (57.7–83.8)

96.9

< 0.001

Overall resistant to gentamicin

9

58 (49.2–66.3)

89.7

< 0.001

Overall resistant to imipenem

10

65.6 (30.8–89.0)

99.6

< 0.001

Overall resistant to levofloxacin

6

54.1 (36.0–71.2)

92.7

< 0.001

Overall resistant to meropenem

11

62.7 (31.1–86.2)

99.5

< 0.001

Overall resistant to trimethoprim_sulfamethoxazole

7

58.2 (35.5–77.9)

98.8

< 0.001

  1. CI, confidence interval; n, number of events (drug resistance); N, total number of Klebsiella pneumoniae from the included studies