Table 1 The distribution of bacterial isolates from ear discharge in different sex and age categories of study participants at Gondar University Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia (2009-2012)
Age and sex | Bacterial isolates No(%) | P-value | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
S. aureus | NLF GNR | E.coli | Pseud. spps | CNStaph spps | Strep. spps | Prot. spps | Kleb. spps | Total | ||
Age in years | ||||||||||
0–5 | 12 (23.5) | 5 (9.8) | 5 (9.8) | 4 (7.8) | 5 (9.8) | 3 (5.9) | 16 (31.4) | 1 (2.0) | 51 (25.0) | 0.057 |
6–10 | 9 (29.0) | 3 (9.7) | 2 (6.5) | 2 (6.5) | 5 (16.1) | 2 (6.5) | 7 (22.6) | 1 (3.2) | 31 (15.2) | |
11–15 | 5 (29.4) | 0 | 0 | 1 (5.9) | 1 (5.9) | 2 (11.8) | 8 (47.1) | 0 | 17 (8.3) | |
16–20 | 3 (13.6) | 2 (9.1) | 3 (13.6) | 2 (9.1) | 0 | 0 | 11 (50.0) | 0 | 21 (10.3) | |
21–30 | 14 (31.1) | 3 (6.7) | 0 | 3 (6.7) | 6 (13.3) | 3 (6.7) | 8 (17.8) | 8 (17.8) | 45 (22.1) | |
31–40 | 8 (38.1) | 1 (4.8) | 3 (14.3) | 4 (19.0) | 2 (9.5) | 0 | 1 (4.8) | 2 (9.5) | 21 (10.3) | |
≥41 | 3 (16.7) | 1 (5.6) | 1 (5.6) | 2 (11.1) | 4 (22.2) | 2 (11.1) | 5 (27.8) | 0 | 18 (8.8) | |
Total | 54 (26.5) | 15 (7.4) | 14 (6.9) | 18 (8.8) | 23 (11.3) | 12 (5.9) | 56 (27.5) | 12 (5.9) | 204 (89.5) | |
Sex | ||||||||||
Male | 32 (24.6) | 6 (4.6) | 8 (6.2) | 12 (9.2) | 16 (12.3) | 7 (5.4) | 44 (33.8) | 5 (3.8) | 130 (63.7) | 0.017 |
Female | 22 (29.7) | 9 (12.2) | 6 (8.1) | 6 (8.1) | 7 (9.5) | 5 (6.8) | 12 (16.2) | 7 (9.5) | 74 (36.3) | |