Table 1 Patient characteristics and isolation of pneumococci at Addis Ababa city and Amhara National Region State Referral Hospitals, Ethiopia, 2018–2019
Characteristics | Pneumococcal isolates according to clinical significance | ||
|---|---|---|---|
IPD (N = 35) | Non-IPD (N = 22) | Total (N = 57) | |
Gender | |||
 Male | 24 (68.6%) | 9 (40.9%) | 33 (57.9%) |
 Female | 11 (31.4%) | 13 (59.1%) | 24 (42.1%) |
Age (years) | |||
 ≤ 18 | 23 (65.7%) | 14 (63.6%) | 37 (64.9%) |
 > 18 | 12 (34.3%) | 8 (36.4%) | 20 (35.1%) |
Residence | |||
 Urban | 23 (65.7%) | 9 (40.9%) | 42 (73.7%) |
 Rural | 12 (34.3%) | 13 (59.1%) | 15 (26.3%) |
Data collection site | |||
 Addis Ababa city | 11 (31.4%) | 15 (68.2%) | 26 (45.6%) |
 ANRS | 24 (68.6%) | 7 (31.8%) | 31 (54.4%) |
Disease on-set season | |||
 January–March | 7 (20%) | 6 (27.3%) | 13 (22.8%) |
 April–June | 11(31.4%) | 6 (27.3%) | 17 (29.8%) |
 July–September | 9 (25.7%) | 6 (27.3%) | 15 (26.3%) |
 October–December | 8 (22.9%) | 4 (18.1%) | 12 (21.1%) |