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. 2020 Apr 6;20:38. doi: 10.1186/s12894-020-00605-6

Table 1.

Pathogens found in this study

All (n = 233) < 50 years (n = 34) > 50 years (n = 199) P value
Median age (IQR) 75 (66–81) 37 (24–47) 77 (71–81)
Pathogen
Escherichia coli 160 (68.6) 29 (85.3) 131 (65.8) 0.027
Klebsiella species 19 (8.1) 1 (2.9) 18 (9.1) 0.33
Escherichia coli-ESBL 18 (7.7) 1 (2.9) 17 (8.5) 0.484
Proteus species 9 (3.8) 1 (2.9) 8 (4.0) 0.762
Staphylococcus species 6 (2.5) 1 (2.9) 5 (2.5) 0.884
Streptococcus species 3 (1.3) 1 (2.9) 2 (1.0) 0.752
Citrobacter species 5 (2.1) 0 5 (2.5) N.A
Enterococcus faecalis 4 (1.7) 0 4 (2.0) N.A
Escherichia fergusonii 3 (1.3) 0 3 (1.5) N.A
Corynebacterium 2 (0.9) 0 2 (1.0 N.A
Morganella morganii 1 (0.5) 0 1 (0.5) N.A
Pseudomonas aeruginosa 1 (0.5) 0 1 (0.5) N.A
Serratia marcescens 1 (0.5) 0 1 (0.5) N.A
Shewanella algae 1 (0.5) 0 1 (0.5) N.A

Unless otherwise stated, values are medians with ranges in parentheses or number of patients with percentages in parentheses

ESBL Extended spectrum beta-lactamase, N.A Not applicable, IQR Interquartile range