Table 3 Proportion of bacterial species isolated from patients with respiratory infection in different age groups and gender from patients with respiratory infections in MTRH
Proportion of bacterial isolates n (%) Total (175) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age groups | Pseudomonas sp. | Klebsiella sp. | S. pne | S. aur | S.pyog | Mixed isolates | Total n (%) |
5–14 | 10 (40.0) | 4 (16.0) | 2 (8.0) | 6 (24.0) | 3 (12.0) | 0(0.0) | 25 (14.3) |
15–24 | 8 (28.6) | 5 (17.9) | 1 (4.0) | 7 (25.0) | 7 (25.0) | 0 (0.0) | 28 (16.0) |
25–34 | 19 (35.8) | 12 (22.6) | 5 (9.4) | 8 (15.1) | 6 (11.3) | 3 (5.7) | 53(30.3) |
35–44 | 10 (28.6) | 9 (25.7) | 7 (20.0) | 5 (14.3) | 3 (9.6) | 1 (2.9) | 35 (20.0) |
45–54 | 7 (43.8) | 3 (18.8) | 3 (18.8) | 1 (6.3) | 2 (12.5) | 0 (0.0) | 16 (9.1) |
55–64 | 6 (50.0) | 3 (25.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (8.3) | 2 (16.7) | 0 (0.0) | 12 (6.9) |
Above 65 | 4 (66.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (16.7) | 1 (16.7) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (3.4) |
Total n (%) | 64 (30.6) | 36 (20.6) | 18 (10.3) | 29 (16.6) | 24 (13.7) | 4 (22.9) | 175 (100.0) |
Gender | |||||||
Male n = 125 | 41 (32.8) | 28 (22.4) | 09 (7.2) | 25 (20.0) | 22 (17.6) | 0 (0.0) | |
Female n = 50 | 10 (20.0) | 03 (6.0) | 15 (30.0) | 07 (14.0) | 11 (22.0) | 4 (8.0) | |