Table 1.
Distribution of multi-resistant P. aeruginosa isolates according to gender, age, and sample source and site.
| Characteristic | Total n (%) (Total = 3579) |
P. aeruginosa Isolates | p-Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
P. aeruginosa n (%) (Total = 2798) |
MDR n (%) (Total = 348) |
XDR n (%) (Total = 422) |
PDR n (%) (Total = 11) |
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| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 1990 (55.6) | 1513 (54.1) | 215 (61.8) | 258 (61.1) | 4 (36.4) | 0.002 ** |
| Female | 1589 (44.4) | 1285 (45.9) | 133 (38.2) | 164 (38.2) | 7 (63.6) | |
| Age | ||||||
| Paediatric infant (<1 year) | 236 (26.2) | 185 (24.2) | 26 (38.8) | 23 (33.8) | 2 (100) | 0.001 ** |
| Paediatric child (1–10 years) | 466 (51.7) | 417 (54.6) | 24 (35.8) | 25 (36.8) | 0 (0) | |
| Paediatric adolescent (11–18 years) | 199 (22.1) | 162 (21.2) | 17 (25.4) | 20 (29.4) | 0 (0) | |
| Adult (19–44 years) | 658 (24.6) | 491 (24.1) | 59 (21) | 83 (32.2) | 2 (22.2) | 0.022 * |
| Adult (45–64 years) | 889 (33.2) | 695 (34.2) | 83 (29.5) | 80 (31) | 4 (44.4) | |
| Adult (65–84 years) | 968 (36.1) | 728 (35.8) | 111 (39.5) | 89 (34.5) | 3 (33.3) | |
| Adult (≥85 years) | 163 (6.1) | 120 (5.9) | 28 (10) | 6 (2.3) | 0 (0) | |
| Source | ||||||
| Miscellaneous | 927 (25.9) | 738 (26.4) | 79 (22.7) | 108 (25.6) | 2 (18.2) | <0.001 ** |
| Blood | 284 (7.9) | 232 (8.3) | 24 (6.9) | 25 (5.9) | 3 (27.3) | |
| Respiratory | 1633 (45.6) | 1194 (42.7) | 205 (58.9) | 228 (54) | 6 (54.5) | |
| Urine | 719 (20.1) | 622 (22.2) | 39 (11.2) | 58 (13.7) | 0 (0) | |
| CSF | 16 (0.4) | 12 (0.4) | 1 (0.3) | 3 (0.7) | 0 (0) | |
* Statistically significant; the number of * represents the degree of significance. CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; MDR, multi-drug resistant; XDR, extensively drug-resistant; PDR, pan-drug resistant.