Table 5.
Age-wise association of ESBL-production with different isolates
| Isolates | Age group | Number (%) | ESBL-production | Chi-score | *p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive (%) | Negative (%) | |||||
| Escherichia coli (n = 321) | 0–20 | 44 (14) | 41 (93) | 3 (7) | 0.900678 | |
| 21–40 | 100 (31) | 82 (82) | 18 (3) | 0.767442 | ||
| 41–60 | 120 (37) | 94 (78) | 26 (3) | 0.045746 | ||
| 61–80 | 53 (17) | 45 (85) | 8 (6) | 1.40471 | ||
| > 80 | 4 (1) | 0 (0) | 4 (75) | 14.33333 | <0.0001 | |
| Klebsiella spp. (n = 124) | 0–20 | 22 (18) | 18 (82) | 4 (18) | 0.170543 | |
| 21–40 | 38 (31) | 28 (74) | 10 (26) | 0.450632 | ||
| 41–60 | 46 (37) | 35 (76) | 11 (24) | 0.118343 | ||
| 61–80 | 17 (14) | 10 (59) | 7 (41) | 3.734724 | ||
| > 81 | 1 (1) | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 0.27907 | ||
| Pseudomonas spp. (n = 24) | 0–20 | 6 (25) | 5 (83) | 1 (17) | 0.093346 | |
| 21–40 | 5 (21) | 4 (80) | 1 (20) | 0.00969 | ||
| 41–60 | 10 (42) | 8 (80) | 2 (20) | 0.01938 | ||
| 61–80 | 3 (13) | 3 (100) | 0 (0) | 0.837209 | ||
| > 81 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |||
| Enterobacter spp. (n = 20) | 0–20 | 5 (25) | 4 (80) | 1 (25) | 0.00969 | |
| 21–40 | 5 (25) | 3 (60) | 2 (67) | 0.968992 | ||
| 41–60 | 5 (25) | 2 (40) | 3 (150) | 4.273256 | 0.04 | |
| 61–80 | 5 (25) | 5 (100) | 0 (0) | 1.395349 | ||
| > 81 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |||
| Acinetobacter spp. (n = 8) | 0–20 | 1 (13) | 0 (0) | 1 (13) | 3.583333 | 0.03 |
| 21–40 | 3 (38) | 1 (13) | 2 (25) | 3.537468 | 0.03 | |
| 41–60 | 1 (13) | 1 (13) | 0 (0) | 0.27907 | ||
| 61–80 | 2 (25) | 1 (13) | 1 (13) | 0.931202 | ||
| > 81 | 1 (13) | 1 (13) | 0 (0) | 0.27907 | ||
*only p-values <0.05 are shown