Table 4.
Prevalence of ESBL producers, blaCTX-M, and blaTEM genes in E. coli according to age, sex, and types of specimens.
| Character | ESBL Producer (n = 12) | blaCTX-M Gene (n = 7) | blaTEM Gene (n = 5) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | p-Value | Number | % | p-Value | Number | % | p-Value | |
| Age group (in years) | |||||||||
| 0–15 | 1 | 8.3 | 0.33 | 1 | 14.3 | 0.65 | 0 | 0.65 | |
| 16–45 | 7 | 58.3 | 4 | 57.1 | 3 | 60 | |||
| >45 | 4 | 33.3 | 2 | 28.6 | 2 | 40 | |||
| Gender | |||||||||
| Male | 4 | 33.3 | 0.53 | 4 | 57.1 | 0.08 | 1 | 20 | 0.57 |
| Female | 8 | 66.7 | 3 | 42.9 | 4 | 80 | |||
| Types of specimens | |||||||||
| Blood | 0 | 0 | 0.54 | ||||||
| Urine | 12 | 100 | 7 | 100 | 5 | 100 | |||
| Sputum | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Pus/wound swab | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Catheter tips | 0 | 0 | |||||||