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Table 2 Demographic characteristic of patients

From: Characterization of antimicrobial susceptibility, extended-spectrum β-lactamase genes and phylogenetic groups of Shigatoxin producing Escherichia coli isolated from patients with diarrhea in Iran

Variables All Samples (n = 340) STEC (n = 174) MDR (n = 106) ESBL + (n = 71)
Gender
No. (%)
Male 184 (54.1) 97 (55.7) 61 (57.5) 40 (56.3)
Female 156 (45.9) 77 (44.3) 45 (42.5) 31 (43.7)
Age
No. (%)
 ≤ 6 year 126 (37.1) 71 (40.8) 43 (40.6) 26 (36.6)
7–30 year 105 (30.9) 52 (29.9) 31 (29.2) 25 (35.2)
 > 30 year 109 (32.0) 51 (29.3) 32 (30.2) 20 (28.2)
  1. STEC Shiga toxin‐producing Escherichia coli, MDR multidrug resistant, ESBL extended spectrum β-lactamase