Table 1.
Patients’ Demographics and Isolates’ Characteristics
| Number (%) | |
|---|---|
| Age in years | |
| Mean (±SD) | 51.14 (±23.8) |
| Range | 1–88 |
| Gender | |
| Male | 51 (56.7) |
| Female | 39 (43.3) |
| Nationality | |
| Saudi | 36 (40.0) |
| Non-Saudi | 54 (60.0) |
| Hospital units | |
| ICU | 52 (57.8) |
| Non-ICU | 38 (42.2) |
| Source of Isolate | |
| Urine | 26 (28.9) |
| Wound Swab | 24 (26.7) |
| Respiratory | 20 (22.2) |
| Blood Sample | 12 (13.3) |
| Sterile Body Fluid | 6 (6.7) |
| Tissue | 2 (2.2) |
| Organism Isolated | |
| K. pneumoniae | 71 (78.9) |
| K. oxytoca | 2 (2.2) |
| E. coli | 13 (14.4) |
| E. aerogenes | 2 (2.2) |
| S. marcescens | 1 (1.1) |
| C. freundii | 1 (1.1) |
| Patient Outcome | |
| Deceased | 44 (48.9) |
| Survived | 46 (51.1) |
Abbreviations: SD, Standard Deviation; ICU, Intensive Care Unit; K. pneumoniae, Klebsiella pneumoniae; K. Oxytoca, Klebsiella Oxytoca; E. coli, Escherichia coli; E. aerogenes, Enterobacter aerogenes; S. marcescens, Serratia marcescens; C. Freundii, Citrobacter Freundii.