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. 2020 Dec 5;12(12):e11914. doi: 10.7759/cureus.11914

Table 1. Basic characteristics of all clinical samples in the study (n = 673).

Sample Characteristics Frequency Percentage
Patient sex
Male 366 54.4%
Female 307 45.6%
Department
Surgery 280 41.6%
Medicine 197 29.3%
Intensive care unit 104 15.5%
Burn center 73 10.8%
Gynecology and obstetrics 11 1.6%
Pediatrics 8 1.2%
Infectious sample site
Infected wound 241 35.8%
Pus 154 22.9%
Catheter 94 14.0%
Urine 80 11.9%
Sputum 25 3.7%
Blood 15 2.2%
Others 64 9.5%