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Table 4 Median estimates for resistance rates according to country/region (2000–2022)

From: Antibiotic resistance in ocular bacterial infections: an integrative review of ophthalmic chloramphenicol

Countries

Lower limit of mean resistance rate (%)

Upper limit of mean resistance rate (%)

Median estimate (%)

Europe (n = 3)

14.1

21.7

14.1

High Income Countries (HICs)

United Kingdom (n = 9)

0

74.1

13.2

Ireland (n = 1)

N/A

N/A

2.4

USA (n = 4)

2.2

60

2.7

Australia (n = 1)

N/A

N/A

21

China* (n = 2)

8

51

29.5

Japan* (n = 2)

12

19

15.5

Greece (n = 1)

N/A

N/A

2.4

Austria (n = 1)

N/A

N/A

14.3

Switzerland (n = 1)

N/A

N/A

18

Spain (n = 1)

N/A

N/A

4.8

Italy* (n = 2)

25

26

25.5

Korea (n = 1)

N/A

N/A

33.3

Oman (n = 1)

N/A

N/A

37

Upper Middle-Income Countries (UMICs)

Bosnia and Herzegovina (n = 1)

N/A

N/A

0.6

Brazil (n = 2)

7.9

9.4

8.65

Iran (n = 2)

34

69.8

51.9

Lower Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)

India* (n = 2)

5

24.8

14.9

Nigeria* (n = 2)

30.8

69.6

50.2

Ethiopia (n = 5)

12.5

68.5

29.8

  1. *Mean estimates calculated for countries with 2 papers (even number)