Table 2 Bacterial isolates from eye-infected patients in Ethiopia
Bacteria | Number of studies | No. of bacteria isolates | Pooled pathogen isolated (95% CI) | I2 (%) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
S. aureus | 19 | 862 | 45.47 (30.85–60.08) | 99.3 | < 0.001 |
CONS | 19 | 685 | 36.14 (24.71–45.78) | 98.9 | < 0.001 |
Klebsiella spp. | 14 | 126 | 9.34 (5.04–13.65) | 85 | < 0.001 |
E. coli | 15 | 99 | 7.06 (4.65–9.47) | 55.5 | 0.005 |
P. aeruginosa | 15 | 109 | 7.34 (3.23–11.45) | 89.1 | < 0.001 |
Citrobacter spp. | 10 | 41 | 4.71 (2.81–6.58) | 0 | 0.785 |
Enterobacter species | 8 | 33 | 3.69 (2.23–5.15) | 0 | 0.474 |
H. influenzae | 9 | 58 | 6.74 (4.49–8.89) | 17.7 | 0.285 |
Proteus spp. | 13 | 57 | 4.45 (2.06–6.84) | 60.8 | 0.002 |
S. pyogenes | 13 | 66 | 5.04 (3.40–6.68) | 0 | 0.757 |
S. pneumoniae | 17 | 155 | 9.34 (6.60-12.08) | 70.8 | < 0.001 |
S. Viridians | 8 | 69 | 8.75 (5.23–12.28) | 66.4 | < 0.001 |
Enterococcus species | 6 | 22 | 4.34 (1.77–6.90) | 0.0 | 0.693 |
Moraxella and Neisseria spp | 7 | 67 | 9.62 (1.01–18.23) | 9.39 | < 0.001 |
Other NLF | 12 | 26 | 7.58 (1.36–13.80) | 91.2 | < 0.001 |
Total pathogen isolated | 20 | 2628 | 138.35(101.81-174.89) | 99.9 | < 0.001 |