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Table 2 Meta-analysis results for resistance rate of each V. cholera serogroup in included studies

From: Global status of tetracycline resistance among clinical isolates of Vibrio cholerae: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Serogroup

Number of studies

Antibiotic

Resistance rate (%)

(95% CI)

Heterogeneity test

Begg’s test** p-value (two-tailed)

Egger’s test*** p-value (two-tailed)

Min

Max

Pooled* (range)

I2 (%)

p-value

a

b

O1

44

16

TET

DOX

0

0

100

56

0.2 (0.1–0.3)

0.07 (0.03–0.1)

96.9

92.5

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

0.2

0.7

0.2

0.8

0.03

0.005

O139

2

1

TET

DOX

0

NA

2.5

NA

0.02 (0.01–0.04)

0.004 (0.0–0.06)

43

0.0

0.2

1.0

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Non-O1, non-O139

8

3

TET

DOX

2.1

0.8

65.3

88.7

0.1 (0.05–0.3)

0.1 (0.001–0.9)

95.5

97.7

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

0.2

0.6

0.3

1.0

0.06

0.3

  1. TET tetracycline; DOX doxycycline; a: Kendall’s tau without continuity correction; b: Kendall’s tau with continuity correction; *Pooled resistance rate; **Begg and Mazumdar rank correlation; ***Egger’s regression intercept; NA: not applicable