Research Article
Antibiotic Resistance of Enteric Bacteria in HIV-Infected Patients at the Banka Ad-Lucem Hospital, West Region of Cameroon
Table 1
Demographic profile of patients with enteric disorders enrolled in the study.
| Parameters | | HIV+ with enteric disorders, N = 100 (%) | HIV− with enteric disorders, N = 48 (%) | value |
| Sex | | | | 0.0828 | Male (N = 39) | 22 (56.41) | 17 (43.59) | | Female (N = 109) | 78 (71.56) | 31 (28.44) | |
| Age groups (years) | | | | <0.0001 | [0–10]; (N = 5) | 3 (60.00) | 2 (40.00) | | [11–20]; (N = 10) | 5 (50.00) | 5 (50.00) | | [21–30]; (N = 43) | 9 (20.93) | 34 (79.07) | | [31–40]; (N = 20) | 20 (100.00) | 0 (00.00) | | [41–50]; (N = 25) | 22 (88.00) | 3 (12.00) | | >50; (N = 45) | 41 (91.11) | 4 (8.89) | |
| Mean age; mean ± SD [min–max] | Total | 43.79 ± 15.24 [3–81] | 27.13 ± 13.09 [3–65] | <0.0001 | Male | 46.45 ± 13.74 [15–61] | 29.47 ± 14.17 [8–64] | 0.0006 | Female | 43.04 ± 15.64 [3–81] | 25.84 ± 12.52 [3–65] | <0.0001 |
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