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Table 5 Age-wise association of ESBL-production with different isolates

From: Distribution of blaCTX − M, blaTEM, blaSHV and blaOXA genes in Extended-spectrum-β-lactamase-producing Clinical isolates: A three-year multi-center study from Lahore, Pakistan

Isolates

Age group

Number (%)

ESBL-production

Chi-score

*p-value

Positive (%)

Negative (%)

Escherichia coli (n = 321)

0–20

44 (14)

41 (93)

3 (7)

0.900678

 

21–40

100 (31)

82 (82)

18 (3)

0.767442

 

41–60

120 (37)

94 (78)

26 (3)

0.045746

 

61–80

53 (17)

45 (85)

8 (6)

1.40471

 

> 80

4 (1)

0 (0)

4 (75)

14.33333

<0.0001

Klebsiella spp. (n = 124)

0–20

22 (18)

18 (82)

4 (18)

0.170543

 

21–40

38 (31)

28 (74)

10 (26)

0.450632

 

41–60

46 (37)

35 (76)

11 (24)

0.118343

 

61–80

17 (14)

10 (59)

7 (41)

3.734724

 

> 81

1 (1)

1 (100)

0 (0)

0.27907

 

Pseudomonas spp. (n = 24)

0–20

6 (25)

5 (83)

1 (17)

0.093346

 

21–40

5 (21)

4 (80)

1 (20)

0.00969

 

41–60

10 (42)

8 (80)

2 (20)

0.01938

 

61–80

3 (13)

3 (100)

0 (0)

0.837209

 

> 81

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

  

Enterobacter spp. (n = 20)

0–20

5 (25)

4 (80)

1 (25)

0.00969

 

21–40

5 (25)

3 (60)

2 (67)

0.968992

 

41–60

5 (25)

2 (40)

3 (150)

4.273256

0.04

61–80

5 (25)

5 (100)

0 (0)

1.395349

 

> 81

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

  

Acinetobacter spp. (n = 8)

0–20

1 (13)

0 (0)

1 (13)

3.583333

0.03

21–40

3 (38)

1 (13)

2 (25)

3.537468

0.03

41–60

1 (13)

1 (13)

0 (0)

0.27907

 

61–80

2 (25)

1 (13)

1 (13)

0.931202

 

> 81

1 (13)

1 (13)

0 (0)

0.27907

 
  1. *only p-values <0.05 are shown