Research Article
Pattern of Bacterial Pathogens and Their Susceptibility Isolated from Surgical Site Infections at Selected Referral Hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Table 1
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of study subjects (
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| Characteristics | Frequency | Percentage |
| Sex | | | Female | 56 | 52.3 | Male | 51 | 47.7 | Age group | | | <10 | 2 | 1.9 | 10–20 | 18 | 16.8 | 21–30 | 36 | 33.6 | 31–40 | 23 | 21.5 | 41–50 | 9 | 8.4 | >50 | 19 | 17.8 | Residence | | | Urban | 49 | 45.8 | Rural | 58 | 54.2 | Educational status | | | Illiterate | 29 | 27.1 | Primary | 49 | 45.8 | Secondary | 14 | 13.1 | College/university and above | 15 | 14 | Occupations | | | Farmer | 33 | 30.8 | Employer | 17 | 15.9 | Student | 13 | 12.1 | Daily wage laborer | 14 | 13.1 | Housewife | 16 | 15 | Merchant | 6 | 5.6 | Jobless | 5 | 4.7 | Driver | 3 | 2.8 | Case type | | | Emergency | 66 | 61.7 | Elective | 41 | 38.3 | Surgical procedure | | | Laparotomy | 34 | 31.8 | Debridement | 29 | 27.1 | Appendectomy | 3 | 2.8 | Drainage | 9 | 8.4 | Incision | 5 | 4.7 | Cesarean section | 14 | 13.1 | Colostomy | 8 | 7.5 | Lithotomy | 3 | 2.8 | Mastectomy | 2 | 1.9 | SSI class | | | Superficial | 45 | 42.1 | Deep tissue or organ/space | 62 | 57.9 | Antimicrobial therapy received | | | Preoperative | 22 | 20.5 | Postoperative | 100 | 93.4 | Not at all | 6 | 5.6 |
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