Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants and prevalence of enterococci infection at the UoGTH, February 28, 2014 to May 1, 2014.
Socio-demographics | Frequency (%) | Enterococci infection | |
|---|---|---|---|
Present no. (%) | Absent no. (%) | ||
Sex | |||
Female | 176 (45.7) | 10 (5.7) | 166 (94.3) |
Male | 209 (54.3) | 14 (6.7) | 195 (93.3) |
Age (years) | |||
<5 | 123 (31.9) | 12 (9.8) | 111 (90.2) |
5–14 | 36 (9.4) | 1 (2.8) | 35 (97.2) |
15–30 | 108 (28) | 3 (2.8) | 105 (97.2) |
31–50 | 83 (21.6) | 3 (3.6) | 80 (96.4) |
>50 | 35 (9.1) | 5 (14.3) | 30 (85.7) |
Residence | |||
Rural | 169 (44.0) | 13 (7.7) | 156 (92.3) |
Urban | 216 (56.0) | 11 (5.1) | 205 (94.9) |
Patient setting | |||
Out-patient | 92 (23.9) | 88 (95.6) | |
In-patient | 293 (76.1) | 20 (6.8) | 273 (93.2) |
Educational status | |||
Illiterate | 180 (46.8) | 11 (6.1) | 169 (93.9) |
Literate | 205 (53.2) | 13 (6.3) | 192 (93.7) |
Total | 385 (100.0) | 24 (6.2) | 361 (93.8) |