From: A systematic review: the current status of carbapenem resistance in East Africa
Country | Sample source | CR prevalence | Species | Refs |
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Kenya | Urine Blood Wounds Respiratory tract specimens various other specimens | 3/57 = 5% (urine) 4/57 = 7% (blood) 17/57 = 30% (wound/pus) 30/47 = 53% (respiratory) 3/57 = 5% (various other specimens) | P. aeruginosa | [22] |
Kenya | Blood (190) | 44/190 = 23.2% | K. pneumoniae | [24] |
Kenya | Respiratory tract specimens Bone marrow aspirate cerebrospinal fluid Catheter tip Axillary swab Nasal swab Urine Blood Debrided tissue samples | 10/16 = 55.6% (respiratory) – – – – – – – – | A. baumanii | [25] |
Kenya | Blood (195) | 25/195 = 12.8% | K. pneumoniae | [27] |
Kenya | Urine (121) | 1/17 = 5.9% | K. pneumoniae | [28] |
Uganda | Urine Blood Stool Wound/pus Peritoneol fluid Others | 23% 27% 18% 14% 10% 8% | E. coli, K. pneumoniae, Proteus mirabilis, Salmonella spp, Morganella morganii, Enterobacter sakazaki and Stenotrophomonas spp | [31] |
Uganda | Blood (51), cerebral spinal fluid (49), Tracheal aspirates (163), Ear swabs (197), Sputum (204), Urine catheters (98) and Pus (107) | 3/42 = 7.14% (wound/Pus) 3/42 = 7.14% (Sputum) 3/42 = 7.14% (Tracheal) 1/42 = 2.4% (Ear swab) | P. aeruginose | [32] |
4/29 = 13.8% (Tracheal) 3/29 = 10.35% (Ear swap) 1/29 = 3.45% (Sputum) 1/29 = 3.45% (Cerebral Spinal fluid) | A. baumanii | |||
Tanzania | Blood and pus | 5/90 = 5.6% Wound/Pus 3/90 = 3.3% Blood | P. aeruginose | [34] |
Tanzania | Pus (112), urine (56), blood (55), aspirate (3), and sputum (1). | 22/56 = 39.29% (Urine) 20/55 = 36.36% (Blood) 37/112 = 33.04% (wound/Pus) | K. pneumoniae, P. aeruginosa, E. coli, K. oxytoca A. baumannii, Citrobacter freundii, Serratia marcescens and Salmonella spp | [35] |
Ethiopia | Urine (24) Blood (9) | 4/24 = 17% (urine) 0/9 = 0% (blood) | K. pneumoniae and Morganella morgani | [37] |
Ethiopia | Feces (267) | 5/267 = 2% (feces) | K. pneumoniae E. coli | [38] |
DRC | Urine (104) | 1/104 = 0.96% (urine) | Enterobacter spp | [39] |