Table 1 Distribution of Enterobacteriaceae isolates against demographic characteristics, specimen types and bacteriology laboratory, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia between Jan to May 2017
Variables (Number) | Distribution Enterobacteriaceae isolate n (%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
E. coli | K. pneumoniae | E. cloacae | Citrobacter species | K. oxytoca | K. ozaenae | Othera isolates | ||
Gender | Male (190) | 90 (47.4) | 54 (28.4) | 17 (8.9) | 17 (8.9) | 5 (2.6) | 1 (0.5) | 6 (3.1) |
Female (236) | 138 (58.5) | 49 (20.8) | 5 (2.1%) | 12 (5.0) | 10 (4.2) | 12 (5.1) | 10 (4.2) | |
Age group | ≤ 28 days (24) | 3 (12.5) | 18 (75.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (12.5) | 0 (0.0) |
29 days- < 1 year (34) | 9 (26.5) | 21 (61.8) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.9) | 2 (5.9) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.9) | |
1- < 5 years (35) | 16 (45.7) | 9 (25.7) | 1 (2.9) | 1 (2.9) | 1 (2.9) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (20.0) | |
5- < 15 years (42) | 18 (42.9) | 14 (33.3) | 2 (4.8) | 1 (2.9) | 3 (7.1) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (9.5) | |
15- < 25 years (35) | 14 (40.0) | 5 (14.3) | 4 (11.4) | 5 (14.3) | 4 (11.4) | 3 (8.6) | 0 (0.0) | |
25- < 65 years (190) | 119 (62.6) | 30 (15.8) | 7 (3.7) | 18 (9.5) | 4 (2.1) | 5 (2.6) | 7 (3.7) | |
>  65 years (66) | 49 (74.2) | 6 (9.1) | 4 (6.1) | 4 (6.0) | 1 (1.5) | 2 (3.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
Bacteriology laboratories | ICL (150) | 109 (72.7) | 9 (6.0) | 6 (4.0) | 13 (8.7) | 3 (2.0) | 6 (4.0) | 4 (2.6) |
EPHI (89) | 36 (40.4) | 29 (32.6) | 6 (6.7) | 6 (6.7) | 2 (2.2) | 4 (4.5) | 6 (6.7) | |
TASH (118) | 53 (44.9) | 33 (28.0) | 7 (5.9) | 9 (7.6) | 9 (7.6) | 1 (0.8) | 6 (5.1) | |
YHMC (69) | 30 (43.5) | 32 (46.4) | 3 (4.3) | 1 (1.4) | 1 (1.4) | 2 (2.9) | 0 (0.0) | |
Types of Specimen | Urine (272) | 188 (69.1) | 32 (11.8) | 11 (4.0) | 19 (7.0) | 7 (2.6) | 7 (2.6) | 8 (2.9) |
Blood (90) | 24 (26.7) | 53 (58.9) | 3 (3.3) | 2 (2.2) | 5 (5.6) | 3 (3.3) | 0 (0.0) | |
Pus (40) | 8 (20.0) | 12 (30) | 6 (15.0) | 4 (10.0) | 2 (5.0) | 3 (7.5) | 5 (12.5) | |
Sputum (6) | 1 (16.7) | 2 (33.3) | 1 (16.7) | 2 (33.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
CSF (2) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
Body fluids (11) | 5 (45.5) | 2 (18.2) | 1 (9.1) | 1 (9.1) | 1 (9.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
Ear & Eye discharge(5) | 2 (40.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (20.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (40.0) | |
Total (N = 426) | 228 (53.5) | 103 (24.1) | 22 (5.2) | 29 (6.8) | 15 (3.5) | 13 (3.1) | 16 (3.8) | |