Table 2 Distribution of infections among gender and patients’ age groups
From: Multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacterial infections in a teaching hospital in Ghana
| Â | Age (Years) Number of Cases (N) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
< 10 | 10–19 | 20–29 | 30–39 | 40–49 | 50–59 | ≥60 | Total (%) | |
Gender | ||||||||
 Female | 21 | 8 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 17 | 99 (49.5) |
 Male | 27 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 32 | 101 (50.1) |
Infections | ||||||||
 Abscess | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 7 (3.5) |
 Appendicitis | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 (0.5) |
 Bacteremia | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 (0.5) |
 Bronchitis | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 (1.0) |
 Cellulitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 (0.5) |
 Cirrhosis | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 21.0) |
 Cystitis | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 (0.5) |
 Diabetic foot ulcer | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 (5.0) |
 Gastroenteritis | 4 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 7 (3.5) |
 Nephritis | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 (3.5) |
 Otitis | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 (1.0) |
 Pericarditis | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 (1.5) |
 Peritonitis | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 (1.0) |
 Pneumoniae | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 4 (2.0) |
 Prostitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 (1.0) |
 RTI | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 5 (2.5) |
 Sepsis | 8 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 5 | 20 (10.0) |
 Surgical wound infection | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | 2 | 2 | 10 (5.0) |
 Tuberculosis | 1 | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 (9.0) |
 UTI | 23 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 69 (34.5) |
 Ulcer | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 (1.0) |
 Wound infection | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 (5.0) |
Frequency (%) | 48 (24.0) | 19 (9.5) | 26 (13.0) | 21 (10.5) | 20 (10.0) | 17 (8.5) | 49 (24.4) | 200 (100) |