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| Authors | Year | Region | Study area | Hospital unit | Specimen | Study design | Study period | Sample size | Number of isolates (n) | Gram-positive bacterial isolates, n (%) | Gram-negative bacterial isolates, n (%) |
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| Sorsa et al. [35] | 2019 | Oromia | ASRH | Neonatal sepsis | Blood | Cross-sectional | April 2016–May 2017 | 301 | 88 (29.24%) | 49 (16.28%) | 39 (12.96%) |
| Abebaw Shiferaw et al. [36] | 2018 | Amhara | UoGTH | Bacteremia-suspected patients | Blood | Retrospective | September 2003–February 2013 | 856 | 174 (20.33%) | 112 (13.08%) | 62 (7.24%) |
| Negussie et.al. [37] | 2015 | Addis Ababa | TASH and YH | Septicemia-suspected children | Blood | Cross-sectional | October 2011–February 2012 | 201 | 56 (27.86%) | 29 (14.43%) | 26 (12.94%) |
| Abrha et al. [38] | 2011 | Oromia | JURH | Malnourished children admitted | Blood | Cross-sectional | October 2009–May 2010 | 170 | 35 (20.59%) | 24 (14.12%) | 11 (6.47%) |
| Wasihun et al. [39] | 2015 | Tigray | MK | Outpatients | Blood | Cross-sectional | March–October 2014 | 514 | 144 (28.02%) | 104 (20.23%) | 40 (7.78%) |
| Hailu et al. [14] | 2016 | Amhara | BRHLC | Outpatients | Blood | Cross-sectional | March 2013–January 2015 | 561 | 220 (39.22%) | 105 (18.72%) | 115 (20.50%) |
| Moges et al. [40] | 2019 | Amhara | FCSH | Bacteremia-suspected patients | Blood | Cross-sectional | December 2017–April 2018 | 388 | 207 (53.35%) | 61 (15.72%) | 146 (37.63%) |
| Terfa Kitila et al. [41] | 2018 | Addis Ababa | AARL | Bacteremia-suspected patients | Blood | Retrospective | January 2015–December 2016 | 500 | 164 (32.8%) | 127 (25.4%) | 37 (7.40%) |
| Dagnew et al. [11] | 2013 | Amhara | UoGTH | Septicemia-suspected patients | Blood | Retrospective | September 2006–January 2012 | 390 | 71 (18.21%) | 49 (12.56%) | 22 (5.64%) |
| Seboxa et al. [16] | 2015 | Addis Ababa | TASH | Septicemia-suspected patients | Blood | Retrospective | August 2012–October 2013 | 292 | 38 (13.04%) | 18 (6.16%) | 20 (6.85%) |
| Tizazu et al. [42] | 2011 | Oromia | JUSH | Septicemia-suspected patients | Blood | Cross-sectional | October 2009–March 2010 | 260 | 23 (8.85%) | 14 (5.39%) | 9 (3.46%) |
| Eshetu et al. [43] | 2018 | Addis Ababa | TASH | Septicemia-suspected patients | Blood | Cross-sectional | September 2016–October 2017 | 422 | 64 (15.17%) | 29 (6.88%) | 35 (8.29%) |
| Geyesus et al. [44] | 2017 | Amhara | UoGTH | UoGTH Suspected of neonatal sepsis | Blood | Cross-sectional | September 2015–May 2016 | 251 | 120 (47.81%) | 81 (32.27%) | 39 (15.54%) |
| Jemal [8] | 2017 | Amhara | FURH | BSI in HIV-infected patients | Blood | Cross-sectional | December 2016 | 384 | 123 (32.03%) | 77 (20.05%) | 46 (12%) |
| Alebachew et al. [45] | 2016 | Amhara | UoGTH | Patients infected with HIV and suspected of having sepsis | Blood | Cross-sectional | March–May 2013 | 100 | 31 (31%) | 26 (26%) | 5 (5%) |
| Arega et al. [46] | 2017 | Addis Ababa | TASH | Adult febrile cancer patients | Blood | Cross-sectional | December 2011–June 2012 | 107 | 13 (12.15%) | - | - |
| Gebrehiwot et al. [7] | 2012 | Amhara | UoGTH | Clinically suspected neonatal sepsis | Blood | Cross-sectional | July 2011–June 2012 | 181 | 58 (32.04%) | 21 (11.60%) | 37 (20.44%) |
| Alemayehu et al. [47] | 2019 | SNNP | HUCSH | Pediatric patients | Blood | Cross-sectional | March–August 2016 | 296 | 41 (13.85%) | 30 (10.14%) | 11 (3.72%) |
| Adib and Worku [48] | 2012 | Addis Ababa | TASH | Suspected of neonatal sepsis | Blood | Retrospective | September 1, 2007–August 31, 2008 | 578 | 166 (28.72%) | 105 (18.17%) | 61 (10.55%) |
| Mitiku et al. [49] | 2019 | Addis Ababa | TASH | Febrile pediatric patients | Blood | Cross-sectional | September 2017–June 2018 | 340 | 127 (37.35%) | 63 (18.53%) | 74 (21.76%) |
| Tsega et al. [50] | 2017 | Addis Ababa | ZMH | Septicemia-suspected pediatric patients | Blood | Cross-sectional | June 2016–March 2017 | 309 | 113 (36.57%) | 84 (27.18%) | 29 (9.39%) |
| Demissie et al. [51] | 2019 | Dire Dawa | DCRH | Sepsis-suspected women attending the delivery | Blood | Cross-sectional | May–July 30, 2019 | 441 | 57 (12.9%) | 24 (5.44%) | 33 (7.48%) |
| Hailu et al. [14] | 2016 | Addis Ababa | TASH | Septicemia-suspected patients | Blood | Cross-sectional | January–March 2014 | 177 | 23 (12.99%) | 12 (6.78%) | 11 (6.22%) |
| Ali and Kebede [52] | 2008 | Amhara | UoGTH | Febrile patients | Blood | Retrospective | March 2001–April 2005 | 472 | 114 (24.15%) | 80 (16.95%) | 34 (7.20%) |
| Endris et al. [53] | 2014 | Amhara | UoGTH | Confirmed VL patients suspected of sepsis | Blood | Cross-sectional | February 2012–May 2012 | 83 | 16 (19.28%) | 12 (14.46%) | 4 (4.82%) |
| Gebre-Egziabher et al. [54] | 2019 | Amhara | UoGTH | ICU patients suspected of septicemia | Blood | Cross-sectional | February–May 2018 | 384 | 96 (25%) | 67 (17.45%) | 29 (7.55%) |
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