Resistance to Cotrimoxazole and Other Antimicrobials among Isolates from HIV/AIDS and Non-HIV/AIDS Patients at Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania

Table 1

Background characteristics of 155 patients as categorized by HIV status.

Characteristics	Total ()	HIV status
		Negative	Positive
Sex	155
Male		26 (47.3%)	29 (52.7%)
Female		57 (57.0%)	43 (43.0%)
Sample	155
Urine		9 (15.2%)	50 (84.8%)
Pus swab		74 (77.1%)	22 (22.9%)
Gram stain	155
Negative		66 (51.2%)	63 (48.8%)
Positive		17 (65.4%)	9 (34.6%)
Admission status	155
Outpatients		6 (11.3%)	47 (88.7%)
In patients		77 (75.5%)	25 (24.5%)
WHO clinical stage	72
1		NA	23 (32%)
2		NA	21 (29%)
3		NA	18 (25%)
4		NA	10 (14%)
CD4 count	72
<350		NA	41 (57%)
>350		NA	31 (43%)
Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis	72
Not on prophylaxis		NA	28 (39%)
On prophylaxis		NA	44 (61%)
Antiretroviral therapy
Taking ART	62	NA	62 (83.3%)
Not taking	10	NA	10 (16.7%)

NA = not applied.