Research Article
Bacterial Aetiologies of Lower Respiratory Tract Infections among Adults in Yaoundé, Cameroon
Table 1
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the study population.
| | Study population | Total (n=141) | Positive bacterial culture (n=25) |
| | Age | | | | Median age in years (IQR) | 50 (34.7- 62.1) | 48 (32.9-62.8) | | 18-35 years (young adults) | 37 (26.2) | 8 (32) | | 36-55 years (middle-aged adults) | 56 (39.7) | 9 (36) | | >55 years (old adults) | 48 (34) | 8 (32) | | Gender | | | | Males | 90 (63.8) | 16 (64) | | Females | 51 (36.2) | 9 (36) | | Smoking habit | 30 (21.3) | 2 (8) | | Duration of symptoms (days) | 45 (21-90) | 45 (37.5-67.7) | | Clinical signs | | | | Cough | 123 (87.2) | 22 (88) | | Dyspnoea | 121 (85.8) | 22 (88) | | Breathlessness | 117 (83) | 20 (80) | | Asthenia | 107 (75.9) | 19 (76) | | Fever | 90 (63.8) | 16 (64) | | Chest pain | 85 (60.3) | 13 (52) | | Myalgia | 60 (42.6) | 5 (20) | | Arthralgia | 31 (22) | 5 (20) | | Headaches | 24 (17) | 1 (4) | | Sore throat | 14 (9.9) | 2 (8) | | Vomiting | 11 (7.8) | 2 (8) | | Diarrhea | 10 (7.1) | 0 | | Rhinorrhea | 7 (5) | 1 (4) | | Conjunctivitis | 2 (1.4) | 0 |
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Data are number and percentage in brackets; IQR: interquartile range; n: number.
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