Prevalence of genes encoding carbapenem-resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae recovered from clinical samples in Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis.

BMC Infect Dis · 2025 · PMC12007206 · PMID 40251495

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marginal significancep -value of < 0.001actually significant

Moreover, Egger’s regression test for publication bias showed marginal significance for bla OXA-48 , with a p -value of < 0.001(S3 figure in S1 file).

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The carbapenemase genes bla OXA-48 and bla NDM-1 were the most prevalent and showed an increasing trend over time.

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marginally insignificantno p-value reported

3 ) and Egger’s regression test for publication bias revealed marginally insignificant for all genes with a p -value of 0.57 (S1 figure in S1 File).

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