Research Article
Microbiological Profile and Drug Resistance Analysis of Postoperative Infections following Orthopedic Surgery: A 5-Year Retrospective Review
Table 1
Characteristics of cases with postoperative infection.
| | Characteristics | n (%) |
| | Age (years) | | ≤18 | 32 (20.3) | | 19–40 | 48 (30.4) | | 41–60 | 28 (17.7) | | >61 | 50 (31.6) |
| | Gender | | Male | 100 (63.3) | | Female | 58 (36.7) |
| | Location of surgery | | JUH | 110 (69.6) | | Outside JUH | 48 (30.4) |
| | Type of surgery | | Trauma | 84 (53.2) | | Elective | 69 (43.7) | | Emergency | 5 (3.2) |
| | Comorbiditiesa | | Hypertension | 42 (26.6) | | Diabetes mellitus | 38 (24.1) | | Ischemic heart disease | 11 (7) | | Chronic kidney disease | 7 (4.4) | | Thyroid disease | 3 (1.9) | | None | 103 (65.2) |
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JUH, Jordan University Hospital; the symbol a indicates that the sum is greater than 100% because some patients had more than one disease.
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