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Table 2 Prevalence of Enterococcus spp. in relation to different socio-demographic characters among patients attending Black Lion Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2016

From: Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of Enterococcus species isolated from different clinical samples at Black Lion Specialized Teaching Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Characteristics

Frequency

Negative (%)

Positive (%)

X2

P value

OR

Sex

 Male

246

239 (97.6%)

7 (2.4%)

0.4

0.5

0.15

 Female

176

168 (95.5%)

8 (4.5%)

0.4

0.5

1.6

Age group

 < 5

71

71 (1005)

0 (0%)

2.02

0.2

0.00

 5–15

109

105 (96.3%)

4 (3.7%)

0.05

0.8

1.05

 16–26

90

88 (97.8%)

2 (2.2%)

0.2

0.7

0.6

 27–37

63

62 (98.41%)

1 (1.59%)

0.3

0.6

0.4

 38–48

31

31 (100%)

0 (0%)

0.4

0.5

0.0

 49–59

25

23 (92%)

2 (8%)

0.5

0.5

2.6

 > 59

33

27 (81.8%)

6 (18.2%)

17.95

0.002

9.38

Specimen

 Urine

116

109 (93.9%)

7 (6.1%)

2.0

0.2

2.4

 Blood

189

183 (96.8%)

6 (3.2%)

   

 Ascetic fluid

39

38 (97.4%)

1 (2.6%)

   

 Pus

47

46 (97.9%)

1 (2.1%)

   

 CSF

31

31 (100%)

0 (0%)

   

Patient source

 Out patient

103

102 (99%)

1 (1%)

 

0.2

 

 Medical ward

164

154 (93.9%)

10 (6.1%)

   

 Pediatric ward

102

99 (97%)

3 (3%)

   

 Surgical ward

31

30 (96.8%)

1 (3.3%)

   

 Orthopedics

22

22 (100%)

0 (0%)

   

Urine sample

 Catheterized

7

3 (42.9%)

4 (57.1%)

25.4

0.000002

47

 Non catheterized

109

106 (97.2%)

3 (2.8%)