Table 1 Patient demographics, specimen types, and bacterial isolates distribution
Variables | All positive Cultures | Gram-negative isolates | Gram-positive isolates | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
Sex | ||||||
Female | 522 | 63.0 | 426 | 65.7 | 96 | 53.0 |
Male | 307 | 37.0 | 222 | 34.3 | 85 | 47.0 |
Age category | ||||||
New-born | 91 | 11.0 | 49 | 7.6 | 42 | 23.2 |
Paediatrics | 109 | 13.2 | 75 | 11.6 | 34 | 18.8 |
Adults | 629 | 75.9 | 524 | 80.9 | 105 | 58.0 |
Location type | ||||||
Emergency unit | 49 | 5.9 | 35 | 5.4 | 14 | 7.7 |
Intensive care unit | 65 | 7.8 | 42 | 6.5 | 23 | 12.7 |
Inpatient | 336 | 40.5 | 264 | 40.7 | 72 | 39.8 |
Outpatient | 379 | 45.7 | 307 | 47.4 | 72 | 39.8 |
Specimen type | ||||||
Blood | 156 | 18.8 | 68 | 10.5 | 88 | 48.6 |
Sputum | 68 | 8.2 | 58 | 9.0 | 10 | 5.5 |
Urine | 363 | 43.8 | 350 | 54.0 | 13 | 7.2 |
Vagina | 64 | 7.7 | 40 | 6.2 | 24 | 13.3 |
Wound | 134 | 16.2 | 107 | 16.5 | 27 | 14.9 |
Others | 44 | 5.3 | 25 | 3.9 | 19 | 10.5 |
Overall total | 829 | 100.0 | 648 | 78.2 | 181 | 21.8 |