Isolation and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns of Campylobacter Species among Diarrheic Children at Jimma, Ethiopia

Table 1

Isolation of Campylobacter spp. by sex and age group among under-five children with diarrhea at Jimma University Specialized Hospital (JUSH) and Jimma Health Center (JHC), Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia, July–October 2012.

Variables	Category	Positive		Negative		𝑃 value
		𝑁	%	𝑁	%
Sex	Male	20	18.9	86	81.1	0.532
	Female	18	14.9	103	85.1
Age group in months^a	<12	5	35.7	9	64.3	0.060
	12–23	9	29.0	22	71.0
	24–35	3	9.7	28	90.3
	36–47	5	14.3	30	85.7
	48–59	16	13.8	100	86.2

aAge category is according to the Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey 2011.