Table 2 Prevalence of bacterial isolates by age, sex, residence and infections type of study participants at Ayder referral hospital, North Ethiopia (Nov 2014–June 2015)
Variables | S. aureus | CoNS | S. pyogenes | S. pneuniae | P. mirabilis | P. aeruginosa | Klebsiella spp. | E. coli | H. influenzae | Providentiae spp. | P. vulgaris | Total (n = 216) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | |||||||||||||
0–5 | 21 (46) | 7 (41) | 9 (56) | 11 (73.3) | 19 (48.7) | 17 (63) | 3 (16.7) | 0 | 9 (56.3) | 0 | 2 (28.6) | 98 (44.4) | 0.02 |
6–10 | 6 (13) | 0 | 2 (12.5) | 1 (6.7) | 9 (23.1) | 5 (19) | 1 (5.6) | 0 | 3 (18.8) | 2 (25) | 0 | 29 (13.4) | |
11–15 | 8 (17) | 2 (11.8) | 1 (6.3) | 0 | 4 (10.3) | 1 (3.7) | 4 (22.2) | 1 (16.7) | 1 (6.3) | 1 (12.5) | 0 | 23 (10.7) | |
16–20 | 4 (8.7) | 1 (5.9) | 3 (18.8) | 2 (13.3) | 3 (7.7) | 0 | 0 | 2 (33.3) | 1 (6.25) | 3 (37.5) | 2 (28.6) | 21 (9.7) | |
21–30 | 1 (2.3) | 6 (35.3) | 0 | 1 (6.7) | 1 (2.6) | 3 (11) | 3 (16.7) | 1 (16.7) | 0 | 0 | 1 (14.3) | 17 (7.9) | |
>30 | 7 (15) | 1 (5.9) | 1 (6.3) | 0 | 3 (7.7) | 1 (3.7) | 7 (38.9) | 2 (33.3) | 2 (12.5) | 2 (25) | 2 (28.6) | 28 (13) | |
Total | 46 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 39 | 27 | 18 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 216 | |
Sex | |||||||||||||
Male | 25 (54) | 6 (35) | 6 (37) | 9 (60) | 20 (51) | 13 (48) | 7 (39) | 2 (33) | 14 (87.5) | 6 (75) | 4 (57) | 112 (52) | 0.43 |
Female | 21 (46) | 11 (65) | 10 (63) | 6 (40) | 19 (49) | 14 (52) | 11 (61) | 4 (67) | 2 (12.5) | 2 (25) | 3 (43) | 104 (48) | |
Address | |||||||||||||
Urban | 32 (70) | 9 (53) | 7 (44) | 4 (27) | 20 (51) | 8 (30) | 8 (44) | 1 (17) | 7 (44) | 4 (50) | 5 (71) | 106 (49) | 0.42 |
Rural | 14 (30) | 7 (47) | 9 (56) | 11 (73) | 19 (49) | 19 (70) | 10 (66) | 5 (83) | 9 (66) | 4 (50) | 2 (29) | 110 (51) | |
Infection type | |||||||||||||
Acute | 15 (33) | 8 (17.4) | 7 (43.8) | 4 (30.8) | 12 (30.8) | 10 (37) | 5 (27.8) | 0 | 7 (43.8) | 6 (60) | 4 (57) | 80 (37) | 0.042 |
Chronic | 31 (67) | 7 (15.2) | 9 (56.2) | 9 (69.2) | 27 (69.2) | 17 (63) | 13 (72.2) | 6 (100) | 9 (56.2) | 4 (40) | 3 (43) | 136 (63) | |
Reason to visit ENT | |||||||||||||
Self | 15 (33) | 6 (38) | 11 (69) | 3 (13) | 9 (23) | 18 (67) | 7 (38.9) | 2 (33.3) | 5 (31.3) | 2 (20) | 6 (66.7) | 84 (38.9) | 0.045 |
Referred | 31 (67) | 10 (62) | 5 (31) | 12 (87) | 30 (77) | 9 (33) | 11 (61.1) | 4 (66.7) | 11 (63.7) | 8 (80) | 1 (14.3) | 132 (61.1) | |