Comments on the published meta-analysis of antibiotic resistance in hospital-acquired ESKAPE-E infections in low- and lower-middle-income countries

Zahra Hadia Department of microbiology, school of basic sciences, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad university, Karaj, Iran

Forough Goodarzib Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

Amine Dalirc Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Mohammad Sholehd Department of Bacteriology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran

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