Prevalence, Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns, and Risk Factors Associated with Enterococci among Pediatric Patients at Dessie Referral Hospital, Northeastern Ethiopia

Table 2

Prevalence of enterococci infection among pediatric patients () at DRH from February to May 2019.

Demographic characteristics	Enterococci infection
	Positive (%)	Negative (%)
Age
≤4	5 (45%)	119 (96.0%)
5-9	2 (18.2%)	157 (98.7%)
10-14	4 (36.8%)	116 (96.7%)
Sex
Male	5 (45.4%)	183 (97.3%)
Female	6 (54.5%)	209 (97.2%)
Residence
Urban	4 (36.3%)	185 (97.9%)
Rural	7 (63.7%)	207 (96.7%)
Patient setting
Outpatient	7 (63.7%)	125 (94.7%)
Inpatient	4 (36.3%)	267 (98.5%)
Family educational status
Illiterate	5 (45.4%)	173 (97.2%)
Only read and write	2 (18.2%)	109 (98.2)
Completed high school	3 (27.3%)	44 (93.6%)
College diploma	1 (9.1%)	39 (97.5)
First degree and higher	0 (0.0%)	27 (100.0%)
Total	11 (2.7%)	392 (97.3%)