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Table 1 Risk factors and clinical features of Healthcare Associated Infections

From: Antibiotic resistance in patients with clinical features of healthcare-associated infections in an urban tertiary hospital in Sierra Leone: a cross-sectional study

Parameter

Frequency N = 164

Percentage

Underlying predisposing medical disorder

 HIV

42

25.6

 Stroke

26

15.9

 Diabetes Mellitus

10

6.1

 Chronic kidney diseases

7

4.3

 Chronic liver diseases

5

3.0

 Spinal and neurodegenerative disease

3

1.8

 Malignancies

3

1.8

 No obvious underlying disease

68

41.5

Antibiotic use

 Yes

153

93.3

 No

11

6.7

Other risk factors for HAI

 Prior admission within the last 30 days

36

22.0

 Prior intravenous therapy with the last 30 days

18

11.0

 Elderly (age > 64 years)

39

23.8

 Male sex

79

48.2

Duration of Catheterization

 ≤7 days

102

70.3

 > 7 days

44

29.7

Fever(T > 38 °C) after 48 h of admission

157

95.7

Features of Healthcare Associated UTI*

 Dysuria

15

9.2

 Suprapubic pain

23

14.0

 Frequency

6

3.7

Features of Healthcare Associated Pneumonia*

 Cough

59

36.0

 Dyspnea

44

26.8

 SPO2 < 92%

11

6.7

  1. *Multiple answers were allowed