The potential for the double risk of rabies and antimicrobial resistance in a high rabies endemic setting: detection of antibiotic resistance in bacterial isolates from infected dog bite wounds in Uganda

Table 2 Age-specific distribution of dog bites by body part among the 199 study participants with wound infection

Age (yrs)	Lower limb	Upper limb	Abdomen	Head/face	Combination	Total
≤ 15 years	51	10	8	15	7	91
Percentage	56.1	10.9	8.8	16.5	7.7	100.0
˃15 years	81	4	3	17	3	108
Percentage	75.1	3.7	2.8	15.7	2.8	100.0
Total	132	14	11	32	10	199
Percentage	66.3	7.1	5.5	29.6	5.0	100.0

The Age-specific distribution of dog bites by body part among the 199 participants. Nearly two-thirds (65.3%, 130/199) of the DBWs were single bites, while a third (33.8%) had multiple bites; 15.7% (n = 31) two, and 18.1% (n = 36) more than two bites. Three-quarters (151, 75.9%) of the infected wounds were category II while the rest were category III. The most commonly affected body parts with DBWs were legs (44.4%), followed by thighs (22.2%), head (14.1%), arms (7.1%), and face (2.0%)

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