Prevalence of Vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:The emergence of Vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) poses a major public health problem since it was first reported. Although the rising rates of VRE infections are being reported elsewhere in the worldwide; there is limited national pooled data in Ethiopia. Therefore, this study was aimed to estimate the pooled prevalence of VRE and antimicrobial resistance profiles of enterococci in Ethiopia. METHODS:Literature search was done at PubMed, EMBASE, Google scholar, African Journals online (AJOL) and Addis Ababa University repository following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guideline. Both published and unpublished studies reporting the prevalence of VRE until June 30, 2019 were included. Data were extracted using Microsoft Excel

SUBMITTER: Melese A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7014939 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature