Table 1.
Microbiological isolates for clinical subgroups
| Total | Outpatients | Inpatients | P | Acute | Chronic | P | Normal renal function | CKD | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | 379 | 63 (16.6) | 316 (83.4) | 166 (43.8) | 213 (56.2) | 186 (49.1) | 193 (50.9) | |||
| Specimens/ wounds | 653 | 86 (13.2) | 567 (86.8) | 286 (43.8) | 367 (56.2) | 307 (47) | 346 (53) | |||
| Total isolates | 1,298 | 165 (12.7) | 1,133 (87.3) | 543 (41.8) | 755 (58.2) | 650 (50.1) | 648 (49.9) | |||
| Single isolate | 236 (36.1) | 35 (40.7) | 201 (35.4) | NS | 118 (41.3) | 118 (32.2) | 0.0174 | 91 (29.6) | 145 (41.9) | 0.0014 |
| Gram-positive | 997 | 138 | 859 | 466 | 531 | 508 | 489 | |||
| MSSA | 224 (34.3) | 46 (53.5) | 178 (31.4) | <0.001 | 144 (50.3) | 80 (21.8) | <0.001 | 105 (34.2) | 119 (34.4) | NS |
| MRSA | 147 (22.5) | 10 (11.6) | 137 (24.2) | 0.01 | 40 (14.0) | 107 (29.2) | <0.001 | 53 (17.3) | 94 (27.2) | 0.002 |
| Other Staph | 193 (29.6) | 27 (31.4) | 166 (29.3) | NS | 76 (26.6) | 117 (31.9) | NS | 106 (34.5) | 87 (25.1) | 0.024 |
| Streptococcus spp | 164 (25.1) | 24 (27.9) | 140 (24.7) | NS | 86 (30.1) | 78 (21.3) | 0.01 | 95 (30.9) | 69 (19.9) | 0.009 |
| Β-haemolytic | 84 (12.9) | 15 (17.4) | 69 (12.2) | NS | 44 (15.4) | 40 (10.9) | NS | 54 (17.6) | 30 (8.7) | <0.001 |
| Enterococcus spp | 100 (15.3) | 6 (7.0) | 94 (16.6) | 0.02 | 37 (12.9) | 63 (17.2) | NS | 57 (18.6) | 43 (12.4) | 0.028 |
| Other gram-positive | 169 (25.9) | 25 (29.1) | 144 (25.4) | NS | 83 (29.0) | 86 (23.4) | NS | 92 (30.0) | 77 (22.3) | 0.025 |
| Gram-negative | 282 | 24 | 258 | 70 | 212 | 131 | 151 | |||
| Pseudomonas spp | 89 (13.6) | 7 (8.1) | 82 (14.5) | NS | 10 (3.5) | 79 (21.5) | <0.001 | 33 (10.7) | 56 (16.2) | NS |
| Other gram-negative | 64 (9.8) | 7 (8.1) | 57 (10.1) | NS | 22 (7.7) | 42 (11.4) | NS | 33 (10.7) | 31 (9.0) | NS |
| Mixed gram-negative | 129 (19.8) | 10 (11.6) | 119 (21.0) | 0.042 | 38 (13.3) | 91 (24.8) | <0.001 | 65 (21.2) | 64 (18.5) | NS |
| Anaerobic | 14 (2.1) | 3 (3.5) | 11 (1.9) | NS | 5 (1.7) | 9 (2.5) | NS | 10 (3.3) | 4 (1.2) | NS |
| Fungal | 5 (0.8) | 0 (0) | 5 (0.9) | NS | 2 (0.7) | 3 (0.8) | NS | 1 (0.3) | 4 (1.2) | NS |
Data are n or n (%).