Acinetobacter baumannii Infection in Transfusion Dependent Thalassemia Patients with Sepsis

Table 1

Characteristics of study population ().

	Mean ± SD; (%)	value
Age (years)
Male	612 (66.81%)	0.0001
Female	304 (33.18%)
First transfusion age (years)
Years of transfusion (years)
Frequency of transfusions
(i) 1 transfusion per week	123 (13.42%)	0.0001
(ii) 2 transfusions per week	793 (86.5%)
Serum ferritin (µg/L)	µg/L
Serum ferritin (µg/L) with bacterial infections	µg/L	0.0001
Serum ferritin (µg/L) without bacterial infections	µg/L
Acinetobacter baumannii infection
(i) Positive	107 (11.68%)	0.0001
(ii) Negative	809 (88.31%)
Clinical symptoms
(i) A. baumannii +ve	47 (5.1%)	0.02
(ii) A. baumannii −ve	60 (6.5%)