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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