Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients.

Variables	n = 518
Age (Mean)	35.98 years (±15.92)
Gender	N (%)
Male	281 (54.2)
Female	237 (45.8)
Admissiondiagnoses	N (%)
Diabetes	61 (11.8)
Chronic kidney disease (CKD)	54 (10.4)
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection	28 (5.4)
Cerebrovascular disease (CVD)	37 (7.1)
Chronic heart disease	19 (3.7)
Post-surgery	103 (19.9)
Solid tumours	36 (6.9)
Leukaemias	10 (1.9)
Trauma	37 (7.1)
Burns	31 (6.0)
Renal transplants	4 (0.8)
Pre-term	41 (7.9)
Protein energy malnutrition (PEM)	13 (2.5)
Tuberculosis	26 (5.0)
Others	18 (3.5)
Site of hospital-acquired infection	N (%)
Soft tissue	177 (34.2%)
Nosocomial pneumonia	14 (2.7%)
Blood stream infection	10 (1.9%)
Urinary tract infection	223 (43.1%)
Surgical site infection (SSI)	94 (18.1%)