Evaluating the Trends of Bloodstream Infections among Pediatric and Adult Patients at a Teaching Hospital of Kathmandu, Nepal: Role of Drug Resistant Pathogens

Table 1

Trends of bloodstream infection among various group of patients ( = 3,088).

Patients	Age group	Number of patients (%)	Number of patients with BSI (%)
Pediatric	Infants (<1 year)	386 (12.5%)	50 (12.9%)	0.008
	Children (1–14 years)	574 (18.6%)	40 (6.9%)
Adults	Adults (15–59 years)	1949 (63.2%)	131 (6.7%)
	Elderly (60 years or above)	179 (5.7%)	10 (5.5%)
Total		3,088	231 (7.48%)