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Table 2 Distribution of E. coli and K. pneumoniae according to sex, age and type of samples

From: Antibiotic resistance and detection of plasmid mediated colistin resistance mcr-1 gene among Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from clinical samples

Character

E. coli

K. pneumoniae

Total

p-value

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Gender

 Male

93 (30.9)

13 (37.1)

106 (31.5)

0.45

 Female

208 (69.1)

22 (62.9)

230 (68.5)

 

Age group in years

 0–15

8 (2.7)

1 (2.9)

9 (2.7)

0.08

 16–45

142 (47.2)

6 (17.1)

148 (44)

 

 46–59

57 (18.9)

11 (31.4)

68 (20.2)

 

  > 60

94 (31.2)

17 (48.6)

111 (33.0)

 

 Total

301

35

336

 

Clinical specimens

 Urine

240 (79.7)

25 (71.4)

265 (78.9)

0.17

 Wound swab

12 (4.0)

1 (2.9)

13 (3.9)

 

 Pus

28 (9.3)

3 (8.6)

30 (9.2)

 

 Blood

6 (2.0)

0 (0)

6 (1.8)

 

 Sputum

6 (2.0)

4 (11.4)

10 (3.0)

 

 Various tips

3 (1.0)

0 (0)

3 (0.9)

 

 Fluids

4 (1.3)

1 (2.9)

5 (1.5)

 

 Foley's Catheter tube

1 (0.3)

0 (0)

1 (0.3)

 

 Tissues

1 (0.3)

1 (2.9)

2 (0.6)

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