Table 1 Characteristics of the identified isolates from the specimens of bone and skin and soft tissues of patients with war-related injuries (N = 348)
Characteristic | S. aureus (N = 171) n (%)* | Enterobacterales (N = 99) n (%)* | P. aeruginosa (N = 46) n (%)* | Other bacteria†(N = 32) n (%)* | p-value‡ | Total (N = 348) n (%)§ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sociodemographic | ||||||
 Age** [IQR], y | 33 [25–43] | 33 [25–48] | 35 [26.5–45.3] | 41.5 [33.3–50.3] | 0.049 | 34.5 [26–44] |
 Sex |  |  |  |  | 0.702 |  |
  Male | 144 (50.5) | 80 (28.1) | 36 (12.6) | 25 (8.8) |  | 285 (81.9) |
  Female | 27 (42.9) | 19 (30.2) | 10 (15.9) | 7 (11.1) |  | 63 (18.1) |
 Nationality |  |  |  |  | 0.400 |  |
  Syria | 138 (51.1) | 71 (26.3) | 37 (13.7) | 24 (8.9) |  | 270 (77.6) |
  Iraq | 13 (48.1) | 9 (33.3) | 4 (14.8) | 1 (3.7) |  | 27 (7.8) |
  Lebanon | 11 (50.0) | 6 (27.3) | 3 (13.6) | 2 (9.1) |  | 22 (6.3) |
  Palestine | 5 (27.8) | 7 (38.9) | 2 (11.1) | 4 (22.2) |  | 18 (5.2) |
  Yemen | 4 (36.4) | 6 (54.5) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (9.1) |  | 11 (3.2) |
Specimen | ||||||
 Site |  |  |  |  | 0.844 |  |
  SST | 101 (51.0) | 55 (27.8) | 24 (12.1) | 18 (9.1) |  | 198 (56.9) |
  Bone | 70 (46.7) | 44 (29.3) | 22 (14.7) | 14 (9.3) |  | 150 (43.1) |
 Year of collection |  |  |  |  | 0.498 |  |
  2016 | 36 (41.9) | 32 (37.2) | 9 (10.5) | 9 (10.5) |  | 86 (24.7) |
  2017 | 51 (52.0) | 25 (25.5) | 16 (16.3) | 6 (6.1) |  | 98 (28.2) |
  2018 | 40 (49.4) | 24 (29.6) | 9 (11.1) | 8 (9.9) |  | 81 (23.3) |
  2019 | 44 (53.0) | 18 (21.7) | 12 (14.5) | 9 (10.8) |  | 83 (23.8) |