Bacterial Profile among Patients with Suspected Bloodstream Infections in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Results of each bacterial type isolated from bloodstream-infected patients.

Type of bacterial isolates	No. of studies	Total no. of culture-positive/from blood total specimens	Pooled prevalence rate (95% CI)	I^2 ( values)
S.pyrogenes [36, 38, 39, 41, 42, 44, 45, 47]	8	31/2,947	0.88 (0.54, 1.22)	0.0% (<0.638)
Pseudomonas species [7, 11, 14, 36, 39–41, 43, 45, 48, 51]	8	59/5,108	0.39 (0.08, 0.70)	0.0% (<0.885)
Salmonella species [7, 11, 36–38, 40, 42, 48, 51, 52, 56]	11	7/4,628	1.09 (0.79, 1.38)	51.1% (<0.021)
E. coli [7, 11, 14, 35, 36, 38–45, 47, 48, 50–54, 56]	21	156/7,634	1.69 (1.21, 2.16)	65.9% (<0.001)
Klebsiella species [7, 8, 11, 14, 35–45, 47, 48, 50–54, 56]	23	362/8,219	4.30 (2.45, 6.16)	91.0% (<0.001)