Prevalence and characterization of antimicrobial resistance among gram-negative bacteria isolated from febrile hospitalized patients in central Ethiopia

Table 5 Culture positivity rate according to clinical diagnosis,

Infectious focus/laboratory parameters	Culture positive (N = 66)	Culture negative (N = 618)	p value
	% (n)	% (n)	p value
Pneumonia/RTI (n = 165)	19.7 (13)	24.6 (152)	0.38
Urinary tract infections (n = 30)	7.6 (5)	4.4 (25)	0.20
Meningitis/encephalitis (n = 57)	6.1 (4)	8.6 (53)	0.48
GITI/hepatitis (n = 43)	6.1 (4)	6.3 (39)	0.94
SSTIs (n = 52)	28.8 (19)	5.3 (33)	< 0.001
Acute febrile illness with unknown source (n = 264)	22.7 (15)	40.3 (249)	0.005
Sepsis* (n = 32)	4.5 (3)	4.7 (29)	0.96
HIV seropositivity (n = 58)	9.1 (6)	8.4 (52)	0.85
Leukocyte count > 12,000 or < 4000/µL (n = 218)	42.4 (28)	30.7 (190)	0.07

	Mean	Mean
CRP in mg/L	71.7	64.6	0.20

RTIs respiratory tract infections, SSTI skin and soft tissue infection, GITI gastrointestinal tract infection, CRP C-reactive protein
*According to the clinician’s diagnosis, regardless of the focus of the infection

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