Table 3 Prevalence and distribution of bacterial isolates by age category, sex and type of otitis media at Jimma Town, Jimma, Southwest, Ethiopia (N = 179)
Variables | Number of Bacterial Species isolated | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
S. aureus | CoNS | S. pyogenes | P. mirabils | P. vulgaris | P. aeruginosa | E. coli | Klebsiella spp | Provedincia spp | Citrobacter spp | Enterobacter spp. | M. morganii | Total | |
Age category | |||||||||||||
< 14 years | 37 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 113 (63.1) |
> 14 years | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 66 (36.9) |
p-value | 0.32 | 0.55 | 0.88 | 0.40 | 0.37 | 0.10 | 0.88 | 0.27 | 0.42 | 0.62 | 0.41 | 0.02 | |
Sex | |||||||||||||
Male | 28 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 91 (50.8) |
Female | 27 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 88 (49.2) |
P value | 0.94 | 0.60 | 0.75 | 0.20 | 0.68 | 0.02 | 0.70 | 0.48 | 0.57 | 0.57 | 0.57 | 0.98 | |
Type of OM | |||||||||||||
AOM | 27 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 72 (40.2) |
COM | 28 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 107 (59.8) |
P-value | 0.18 | 0.51 | 0.86 | 0.037 | 0.018 | 0.34 | 0.11 | 0.32 | 0.37 | 0.07 | 0.76 | 0.23 | |