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Table 4 Bacterial isolates from pus and/or wound discharge based on age and sex category from patients at Gondar University Hospital, 2009-2012

From: Bacterial isolates and their antibiotic susceptibility patterns among patients with pus and/or wound discharge at Gondar university hospital

Isolates

Sex

Age range in year (s)

Male

Female

< 1

1-10

11-20

21-30

31-40

41-50

51-60

>60

Total

S. aureus

74

71

18

32

34

36

9

13

2

1

145

CNS

23

42

5

15

8

13

10

7

3

4

65

Streptococcus spp.

24

27

4

15

7

12

3

6

1

3

51

E. coli

17

25

4

5

5

14

2

7

4

1

42

NLFGNR

11

18

5

7

2

7

4

3

1

0

29

Klebsiella spp.

9

19

3

9

5

4

3

1

1

2

28

S. pyogenes

11

10

1

2

3

11

0

4

0

0

21

Proteus spp

9

11

0

3

3

6

3

1

1

3

20

Enterobacter spp.

8

11

2

4

0

8

2

0

3

0

19

Pseudomonas spp.

6

7

2

2

3

2

2

0

1

1

13

Shigella spp.

2

6

2

1

0

0

3

1

1

0

8

Total

194

247

46

95

70

113

41

43

18

15

441

Df = 11, χ2 = 69.56, P < 0.0001

Df = 77, χ2 = 114.9, p-value = 0.003

  1. NLFGNR = Non-lactose ferment or gram negative rods.