Research Article
Antibacterial Activity of Honey against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A Laboratory-Based Experimental Study
Table 1
Wound infection and sociodemographic characteristics of the patients with wound infection at Arba Minch Hospital, Arba Minch, May–November 2017.
| Demographic characters | Infected (no. (%)) | Not infected (no. (%)) | Total (no. (%)) |
| Sex | | | | Male | 17 (68) | 8 | 25 (50) | Female | 16 (64) | 9 | 25 (50) | Total | 33 (66) | 17 (34) | 50 (100) |
| Age in years | | | | ≤15 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 16–30 | 20 (80) | 5 | 25 (50) | 31–44 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 45–59 | 4 | 2 | 6 | Total | 33 (66) | 17 (34) | 50 (100) |
| Occupation | | | | Students | 12 | 3 | 15 (30) | Housewives | 10 | 5 | 15 (30) | Civil servants | 6 | 2 | 8 | Self-employed | 2 | 3 | 5 | Merchants | 2 | 2 | 4 | Farmers | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | 33 (66) | 17 (34) | 50 (100) |
| Educational status | | | | Illiterate | 9 | 7 | 16 (32) | Literate | 24 (70.6) | 10 | 34 (68) | Total | 33 (66) | 17 (34) | 50 (100) |
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