Table 1.
Socio-demographic and microbiological characteristics of patients with urinary tract infections with culture-positive samples 1 analyzed at MDS Lancet Laboratories, Ghana, from 2017 to 2021.
| Characteristics | n | (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total number of patients | 20,010 | (100) | |
| Age in years | |||
| <15 | 1474 | (7.4) | |
| 15–44 | 7771 | (38.8) | |
| 45–64 | 4539 | 22.7 | |
| ≥65 | 6040 | (30.2) | |
| Unknown | 186 | 0.9 | |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 5484 | (27.4) | |
| Female | 14,505 | (72.5) | |
| Unknown | 21 | (0.1) | |
| Geographic location of urine specimens | |||
| Accra | 12,702 | (63.5) | |
| Ashanti | 4.266 | (21.3) | |
| Others | 3042 | (15.2) | |
| Antimicrobial substance in urine 2 | Present | 1986 | (9.9) |
| Number of bacterial isolates identified | |||
| One | 19,217 | (96.0) | |
| Two | 786 | (3.9) | |
| Three | 7 | (<0.1) | |
| Antimicrobial resistance | |||
| Resistance to at least one antimicrobial | 13,079 | (65.3) | |
| MDR 3 in at least one isolate | 12,609 | (63.0) |
1 Culture-positive samples mean the urine sample yielded at least one bacterial isolate; 2 Presence of antimicrobial substance in urine sample implies that patients were on antibiotics before their urine sample was taken; 3 MDR—Multi-drug resistance defined as resistance to three or more antibiotic drug classes.