Research Article
Metallo-Beta-Lactamase-Producing Acinetobacter spp. from Clinical Isolates at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Ghana
Table 4
Prevalence of blaNDM among specimens, age, sex, and CDT.
| | Variables | CDT+ve | CDT-ve | PCR | value | | () | () | blaNDM | | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) |
| | Sex | | | | | | Female | 15 (65.2) | 15 (51.72) | 4 (57.1) | 0.4026 | | Male | 8 (34.8) | 14 (48.3) | 3 (42.9) | 0.4026 | | Specimen | | | | | | Aspirate | — | 3 (10.34) | — | 0.2455 | | Eye swab | — | — | — | | | Ear swab | 3 (13.04) | 1 (3.44) | 1 (14.3) | 0.3101 | | Wound swab | 6 (26.1) | 16 (55.2) | 4 (57.1) | 0.0493 | | Urine | 14 (60.9) | 9 (31.0) | 2 (28.6) | 0.0491 | | Age group (years) | | | | | <1 | 3 (13.04) | 3 (10.34) | 3 (42.9) | 1 | | 1-10 | 2 (8.7) | 4 (13.8) | — | 0.6821 | | 11-20 | 1 (4.4) | — | — | 0.4423 | | 21-30 | 3 (13.0) | 7 (24.14) | 1 (14.3) | 0.4815 | | 31-40 | 5 (21.7) | 3 (10.34) | 1 (14.3) | 0.4411 | | 41-50 | — | 2 (6.9) | — | 0.497 | | >50 | 9 (39.1) | 10 (34.5) | 2 (28.6) | 0.778 |
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