Etiologic Agents of Bacterial Sepsis and Their Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns among Patients Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus at Gondar University Teaching Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of HIV/AIDS patients suspected of having sepsis admitted to University of Gondar Teaching Hospital with their bacterial sepsis status, March 1, 2013, to May 2, 2013.
Characteristics
Confirmed bacterial sepsis
Total number (%)
value
Yes number (%)
No number (%)
Sex
Male
12 (30.8)
27 (69.2)
39 (39)
0.00
0.96
Female
19 (31.1)
42 (68.9)
61 (61)
Age (years)
<18
2 (33.3)
4 (66.7)
6 (6)
0.02
0.99
18+
29 (30.9)
65 (69.1)
94 (94)
Residence
Urban
16 (36.4)
28 (63.6)
44 (44)
1.06
0.30
Rural
15 (26.8)
41 (73.2)
56 (56)
Educational status
Literate
17 (32.7)
35 (67.3)
52 (52)
0.15
0.70
Illiterate
14 (29.2)
34 (70.8)
48 (48)
Marital status
Single
8 (27.6)
21 (72.4)
29 (29)
1.28
0.73
Married
18 (30.0)
42 (70.0)
60 (60)
Divorced
4 (44.4)
5 (55.6)
9 (9)
Widowed
1 (50.0)
1 (50.0)
2 (2)
Occupation
Farmer
5 (29.4)
12 (70.6)
17 (17)
2.49
0.96
House servant
4 (28.6)
10 (71.4)
14 (14)
House wife
5 (23.8)
16 (76.2)
21 (21)
Daily labor
5 (50.0)
5 (50.0)
10 (10)
Merchant
2 (28.6)
5 (71.4)
7 (7)
Employer (Gov’t)
5 (35.7)
9 (64.3)
14 (14)
Jobless
3 (30.3)
7 (70.0)
10 (10)
Driver
1 (25.0)
3 (75.0)
4 (4)
Others
1 (33.3)
2 (66.7)
3 (3)
Total
31 (31)
69 (69)
100 (100)
: builder, waiter, and working as hair stylist, = chi-squares.
