Prevalence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococci in India between 2000 and 2022: a systematic review and meta-analysis

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE) infections are recurrently reported in different parts of India in the last two decades. However, an up-to-date, countrywide information concerning the prevalence and the rate of VRE in India is limited and hence this study aimed to estimate the pooled prevalence of VRE in India.

Methods

A literature search was performed using various databases. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines were followed throughout. Cross-sectional studies reporting the prevalence of VRE in India from human samples whereby at least two Enterococci were isolated between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2022 were sought for inclusion. Data were extracted and analysed using Microsoft Excel and Compre

SUBMITTER: Smout E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10441759 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature