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Table 3 Distribution of isolates with respect to age of participants

From: Etiologic profile and antimicrobial susceptibility of community-acquired urinary tract infection in two Cameroonian towns

Isolate

Age-group

 

< 20 (%)

20–39 (%)

40–59 (%)

≥ 60 (%)

Total (%)

E. coli

4 (26.7)*

29 (35.8)*

5 (18.5)

5 (35.7)*

43 (31.4)

K. oxytoca

4 (26.7)*

17 (21)

11 (40.7)*

3 (21.4)

35 (25.5)

Staph. spp

4 (26.7)*

18 (22.2)

6 (22.2)

4 (28.6)

33 (24.1)

E. cloacae

1 (6.7)

4 (4.9)

1 (3.7)

1 (7.1)

7 (5.1)

Ps. aeruginosa

0**

3 (3.7)

2 (7.4)

1 (7.1)

6 (4.4)

P. vulgaris

0**

3 (3.7)

1 (3.7)

0**

4 (2.9)

S. marcescens

0**

2 (2.5)

1 (3.7)

0**

3 (2.2)

Strep. S pp

1 (6.7)

2 (2.5)

0**

0**

3 (2.2)

C. freundii

1 (6.7)

1 (1.2)

0**

0**

2 (1.5)

K. pneumoniae

0**

1 (1.2)

0**

0**

1 (0.7)

Total

15 (10.9)

81 (59.1)

27 (19.7)

14 (10.2)

137 (100)

  1. *Most prevalent pathogen in age group; **Pathogen not detected in age group.