Prevalence and Clindamycin Resistance Profile of Staphylococcus aureus and Associated Factors among Patients Attending the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics and associated factors of the study participants with respect to the Staphylococcus aureus prevalence attending University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia, 2018.

Variables	Frequency n (%)	Staphylococcus aureus
		Negative n (%)	Positive n (%)
Sex
Male	199 (51.3)	168(52.2)	31(47.0)
Female	189 (48.7)	154(47.8)	35(53.0)
Age (years)
<1	120 (30.9)	107(33.2)	13(19.7)
1–10	54 (13.9)	43(13.4)	11(16.7)
11–20	55 (14.2)	37(11.5)	18(27.3)
21–30	58 (14.9)	45(14.0)	13(19.7)
31–50	65 (16.8)	57(17.7)	8(12.1)
>50	36 (9.3)	33(10.2)	3(4.5)
Marital status
Single	254(65.5)	206(64.0)	48(72.7)
Married	112(28.9)	97(30.1)	15(22.7)
Divorced	9(2.2)	7(3.0)	2(2.3)
Widow	13(3.4)	12(3.7)	1(1.5)
Family size
1–3	82(21.1)	75(23.3)	7(10.6)
4–6	242(62.4)	195(60.6)	47(71.2)
>7	64(16.5)	52(16.1)	12(18.2)
Educational level
Illiterate	180(46.4)	158(49.1)	22(33.3)
Primary	58(14.9)	43(13.4)	15(22.7)
Secondary	74(19.1)	58(18.0)	16(24.2)
College	49(12.6)	38(11.8)	11(16.7)
University	27(7.0)	25(7.8)	2(3.0)
Occupation
Government	57(14.7)	48(14.9)	9(13.9)
Merchant	19(4.9)	15(4.7)	4(6.1)
Housewife	26(6.7)	23(7.1)	3(4.5)
Labour	26(6.7)	22(6.8)	4(6.1)
Farmer	34(8.8)	30(9.3)	4(6.1)
Unemployed	226(58.2)	184(57.1)	42(63.6)
Residence
Urban	236(60.8)	188(58.4)	48(72.7)
Rural	152(39.2)	134(41.6)	18(27.3)
Type of patient
Inpatient	291(75.0)	238(81.8)	53(18.2)
Outpatient	97(25.0)	84(86.6)	13(13.4)
Illness in the last 4 weeks?
Yes	193(49.7)	149(77.2)	44(22.8)
No	195(50.3)	173(88.7)	22(11.3)
Implanted medical device
Yes	257(66.2)	221(86.0)	36(14.0)
No	131(33.8)	101(77.1)	30(22.9)
History of surgical procedure
Yes	28(7.2)	22(78.6)	6(21.4)
No	360(92.8)	300(83.3)	60(16.7)
History of hospital admission
Yes	35(9.0)	33(94.3)	2(5.7)
No	353(91.0)	289(81.9)	64(18.1)
History of chronic disease
Yes	85(21.9)	78(91.8)	7(8.2)
No	303(78.1)	244(80.5)	59(19.5)
Family member working in healthcare
Yes	40(10.3)	34(85.0)	6(15.0)
No	348(89.7)	288(82.8)	60(17.2)