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Table 5 Age and gender distribution of staphylococcal infected/colonized subjects (n = 750) according to clinical diagnosis

From: Molecular epidemiology of clinical and carrier strains of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the hospital settings of north India

Clinical Diagnosis n = 750 (100%)

Age (Y)

 

5–14 n = 63 (%)

15–24 n = 133 (%)

25–44 n = 224 (%)

45–64 n = 182 (%)

>65 n = 96 (%)

Unknowna n = 52 (%)

 

Male n = 31(49.2)

Female n = 32 (50.8)

Male n = 67(50.4)

Female n = 66(49.6)

Male n = 116(51.8)

Female n = 108(48.2)

Male n = 101(55.5)

Female n = 81(44.5)

Male n = 56(58.3)

Female n = 40(41.7)

Male n = 23(44.2)

Female n = 29(55.8)

Wound infection n = 122 (16.2)

8 (12.7)

5 (7.9)

16 (12.0)

14 (10.5)

16 (7.1)

7 (3.1)

17 (9.3)

16 (8.8)

9 (9.4)

7 (7.3)

2 (3.8)

5 (9.6)

Postoperative infection n = 35 (4.7)

1 (1.6)

2 (3.2)

2 (1.5)

1 (0.7)

2 (0.9)

8 (3.6)

4 (2.2)

5 (2.7)

8 (8.3)

2 (2.1)

-

-

Bacteraemia n = 25 (3.3)

1 (1.6)

1 (1.6)

-

2 (1.5)

4 (1.8)

2 (0.9)

7 (3.8)

4 (2.2)

1 (1.0)

-

2 (3.8)

1 (1.9)

Pneumonia n = 21 (2.8)

5(7.9)

1 (1.6)

1 (0.7)

-

1 (0.4)

1 (0.4)

1 (0.5)

2 (1.1)

3 (3.1)

1 (1.0)

3 (5.8)

2 (3.8)

Septicaemia n = 15 (2.0)

-

-

1 (0.7)

1 (0.7)

1 (0.4)

2 (0.9)

2 (1.1)

2 (1.1)

1 (1.0)

-

2 (3.8)

3 (5.8)

Urinary tract infections n = 89 (11.9)

-

1 (1.6)

4 (3.0)

5 (3.8)

10 (4.5)

15 (6.7)

14 (7.7)

15 (8.2)

9 (9.4)

11(11.5)

-

5 (9.6)

Mastatitis n = 12 (1.6)

-

-

-

2 (1.5)

-

8 (3.6)

-

2 (1.1)

-

-

-

-

Prostatitis n = 18 (2.4)

-

-

1 (0.7)

-

5 (2.2)

-

9 (4.9)

-

3 (3.1)

-

-

-

Conjunctivitis n = 52 (6.9)

7 (11.1)

5 (7.9)

5 (3.8)

4 (3.0)

1 (0.4)

4 (1.8)

7 (3.8)

5 (2.7)

4 (4.2)

5 (5.2)

3 (5.8)

2 (3.8)

Corneal ulcer n = 20 (2.7)

1 (1.6)

-

2 (1.5)

-

2 (0.9)

1 (0.4)

2 (1.1)

3 (1.6)

3 (3.1)

2 (2.1)

1 (1.9)

3 (5.8)

Endophthalmitis n = 11 (1.5)

-

-

1 (0.7)

-

-

1 (0.4)

2 (1.1)

2 (1.1)

2 (2.1)

1 (1.0)

1 (1.9)

1 (1.9)

Otherb n = 110 (14.7)

8 (12.7)

13 (20.6)

11 (8.3)

13 (9.8)

12 (5.3)

8 (3.6)

12 (6.6)

8 (4.4)

11 (11.5)

9 (9.4)

3 (5.8)

2 (3.8)

Normalc n = 175 (23.3)

-

-

20 (15.0)

18 (13.5)

56 (25.0)

46 (20.5)

16 (8.8)

15 (8.2)

-

-

2 (3.8)

2 (3.8)

Unknownd n = 45 (6.0)

-

4 (6.3)

3 (2.2)

6 (4.5)

6 (2.7)

5 (2.2)

8 (4.4)

2 (1.1)

2 (2.1)

2 (2.1)

4 (7.7)

3 (5.8)

  1. aAge not recorded for 52 subjects.
  2. bAbscess or osteomyelitis, cystitis, peritonitis, endocarditis, toxic shock syndrome, keratitis, etc.
  3. cStrains isolated from nose of hospital workers attending wound infections (n=50), nose of hospital workers (n=75) and normal eyes of hospital workers (n=50) respectively in Orthopaedic Surgical Ward of J.N Medical College, A.M.U., Aligarh, S.K. Institute of Medical Sciences Kashmir and Surgical Wards of Institute of Ophthalmology, A.M.U. Aligarh.
  4. dClinical diagnosis not recorded for 45 subjects.
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Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

ISSN: 1476-0711

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