Table 2.

Distribution of bacterial isolates by sex and age from culture-positive samples at Hawassa University, Hospital (n = 27)

Bacterial isolate	Frequency	Patient category and isolate frequency
		Male	Female	Children (3mth-)		Adults (> 14 yrs)
				3mth-5 yrs	> 5 yrs- 14 yr
N.meningitidis	12 (44.4%)	8	4	4	2	6
H.influenzae	3 (13.6%)	2	1	0	1	2
E.coli	4 (14.8%)	3	1	1	1	2
S.pneumoniae	5 (18.5%)	2	3	2	1	2
K.pneumoniae	1 (3.7%)	1	0	1	0	0
S. aureus	2 (11.1%)	0	2	1	0	1
Total	27 (100%)

E.coli Escherchia coli, N.meningitidis Nesseria meningitides, S.pneumoniae Streptococcus pneumoniae, K.pneumoniae Klebsella pneumoniae