Increased surveillance of VRE in poultry in Malaysia is required. Enterococcus faecalis was reported most with more studies being reported in Peninsular Malaysia Central region and used antibiotic disc diffusion as detection method. The funnel plot showed bias which was confirmed by Egger’s test and estimates from the leave-one-out forest plot did not affect the pooled prevalence. Between-study variability was high ( t 2 = 0.788 heterogeneity I 2 = 98.14% with heterogeneity chi-square ( Q) = 858.379, degrees of freedom (df) = 16, and p < 0.001). The pooled prevalence of VRE among poultry in Malaysia was estimated at 24.0% (95% CI 16.7–33.1% I 2 = 98.14% p < 0.001). Studies were sampled from 2000–2018 and of the 8684 isolates tested, 2824 were VRE. Seventeen studies were added to the final meta-analysis. The random effect model was used, publication bias and between-study heterogeneity was assessed. OpenMeta analyst and comprehensive meta-analysis (CMA) were used for the meta-analysis. Data extraction and assessment of study protocol was done by two independent reviewers and the results were reviewed by a third. Databases such as PubMed, Scopus and Google Scholar were searched.
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