Bacterial Etiology of Bloodstream Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Malé, Maldives

Table 6

Trends of BSI among various group of patients

Patient group	Age category	Age group	Number (%)	2016 (n = 239)	2017 (n = 232)	value
Paediatrics	Neonates	<28 days	71 (15.1)	44 (18.4)	27 (11.6)	0.549
	Infants	>28 days to 1 year	21 (4.5)	11 (4.6)	10 (4.3)	0.223
	Children	1–15 years	38 (8.1)	20 (8.4)	18 (7.8)	0.239
Adults	Adults	16–65 years	163 (34.6)	76 (31.8)	89 (38.4)	0.017
	Elderly	>65 years	176 (37.4)	88 (36.9)	88 (37.9)	0.589

Note: p values in bold indicate significant effects.