Research Article

Evaluating the Trends of Bloodstream Infections among Pediatric and Adult Patients at a Teaching Hospital of Kathmandu, Nepal: Role of Drug Resistant Pathogens

Table 8

Trends of antimicrobial resistance mechanisms in gram positive isolates among pediatric and adult patients ().

Bacterial isolatesNumber (%)Pediatric patients Adult patients p value

Staphylococcus aureus
 MDR42 (60.0)16 (35.5)23 (92.0)0.000
 MRSA22 (31.4)12 (17.1)10 (14.3)0.188
7 (10.0)3 (4.2)4 (5.8)0.201
Enterococcus spp.
 MDR4 (44.4)1 (11.1)3 (33.3)0.357