Table 2.
Infection diagnosis and types of suspected infectious condition among hospitalized adult patients in JMC wards during the study period (n = 360)
| Infection diagnosis (ICD 10)* | Wards of JMC | Total N (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical, N (%) | Surgical, N (%) | GYN/OBS, N (%) | ||
| Pneumonia | 52 (14.2) | 2 (0.6) | 4 (1.1) | 58 (16.1) |
| Abscess | 5 (1.4) | 10 (2.8) | 1 (0.3) | 16 (4.4) |
| Acute appendicitis | 0 (0.0) | 46 (12.8) | 4 (1.1) | 50 (13.9) |
| Acute cholangitis | 0 (0.0) | 5 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (1.4) |
| Diabetic foot ulcer | 6 (1.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (1.7) |
| Gastroenteritis | 11 (3.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 11 (3.1) |
| Hospital acquire infections | 7 (1.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (1.9) |
| Infective endocarditis | 4 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.3) | 5 (1.4) |
| Meningitis | 24 (6.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 24 (6.7) |
| Nephrotic syndromes | 5 (1.4) | 1 (0.3) | 3 (0.8) | 9 (2.5) |
| Fever of neutropenia | 5 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (1.4) |
| Opportunistic infections** | 18 (5.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.6) | 20 (5.6) |
| Parapneumonic effusion/empyema | 9 (2.5) | 4 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) | 13 (3.6) |
| Sepsis | 6 (1.7) | 0 (0.0) | 21 (5.8) | 27 (7.5) |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 2 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.3) | 3 (0.8) |
| Skin and soft tissue infections | 5 (1.4) | 3 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (2.2) |
| Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis | 9 (2.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (2.5) |
| Surgical site infections | 0 (0.0) | 12 (3.3) | 8 (2.2) | 20 (5.6) |
| Traumatic injuries | 0 (0.0) | 20 (5.6) | 8 (2.2) | 28 (7.8) |
| Urinary tract infection | 31 (8.6) | 10 (2.3) | 14 (3.9) | 55 (15.3) |
| Other infections*** | 3 (0.8) | 2 (0.6) | 2 (0.6) | 7 (1.9) |