TABLE 1.
Patient demographics associated with ESBL producing E. coli from Ethiopian health facilities.
| Variables | ESBL E. coli (%)1 |
| Gender | |
| Female | 118 (57.8) |
| Male | 86 (42.2) |
| Age (years) | |
| ≤20 | 67 (32.8) |
| 21–50 | 79 (38.7) |
| >50 | 58 (28.5) |
| Specimen type | |
| Urine | 166 (81.4) |
| Blood | 8 (3.9) |
| Pus | 30 (14.7) |
| Health facility sites2 | |
| NRL | 72 (35.3) |
| TASH | 69 (33.8) |
| ARH | 30 (14.7) |
| JUH | 33 (16.2) |
1n = 204 total number of isolates. In parentheses is the percent of isolates associated with each listed variable.
2NRL, National reference laboratory; TASH, Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital; ARH, Hyder Referral Hospiata; JUH, Jimma University hospital (see Figure 1 for physical geographical location).