Table 4.
Magnitude and Distribution of Carbapenemase Producing Enterobacteriaceae Isolates from Patients with BSI at TASH, 2019
| Variables | Total | Carbapenemase | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive n (%) | Negative n (%) | P value | |||
| Sex | Male | 63 | 7(11.1) | 56(88.9) | 0.393 |
| Female | 41 | 1(2.4) | 40(97.6) | R | |
| Age cat | <28 days | 40 | 1(2.5) | 39(97.5) | 0.327 |
| 29 days-1year | 13 | 1(7.7) | 12(92.3) | ||
| >1-15 years | 27 | 1(3.7) | 26(96.3) | ||
| 16–45 years | 16 | 2(12.5) | 14(87.5) | ||
| >45 years | 8 | 0(0) | 8(100) | ||
| Organisms | E. coli | 20 | 0(0) | 20(100) | 0.303 |
| K. pneumoniae | 55 | 5(9.1) | 50(90.9) | ||
| K. oxytoca | 18 | 1(5.6) | 17(94.4) | ||
| Other-E | 11 | 2(18.2) | 9(81.8) | ||
| Presence of Underlining disease | Yes | 66 | 7(10.6) | 59(89.4) | 0.142 |
| No | 38 | 1(2.6) | 37(97.4) | ||
| Total | 104 | 8((7.7) | 96(92.3) | ||
Note: Other-E,Morganella morganii (1) and Serratia spp (1); R, refernce.
Abbreviations: Age cat, age category; Other-E, other Enterobacteriaceae.