Investigating Antimicrobial Resistance and ESBL Producing Gene in Klebsiella Isolates among Neonates and Adolescents in Southern Bangladesh
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of Kpn infected patients (n = 501).
Variables
Resistant to one/two antibiotic
Multidrug-resistant
Total cases (n = 501)
Pearson’s c2
-value
Gender
Male
36 (14.87%)
189 (78.099%)
242 (48.303%)
104.04
<0.001
Female
75 (28.95%)
167 (64.478%)
259 (51.696%)
34.975
Age Groups
Baby/Newborn (0–4 weeks)
45 (20.93%)
143 (66.51%)
215 (42.91%)
51.085
<0.001
Baby/Infant (4 week–<1 year)
18 (22.22%)
58 (71.604%)
81 (16.167%)
21.053
Toddler (1– <3 years)
8 (11.59%)
58 (84.057%)
69 (13.77%)
37.879
Preschooler (3– <5 years)
11 (39.285%)
17 (60.71%)
28 (5.588%)
1.2857
Childhood (5– <12 years)
15 (23.809%)
46 (73.015%)
63 (12.57%)
15
Adolescent (12–18 years)
8 (17.77%)
33 (73.33%)
45 (8.98%)
15.244
Patient Type
Indoor/Ward
51 (19.615%)
193 (74.23%)
260 (51.896%)
82.639
Outdoor
60 (24.89%)
163 (67.634%)
241 (48.104%)
47.574
Sample Types
Urine
49 (26.486%)
125 (67.567%)
185 (36.92%)
33.195
<0.001
Tracheal aspirates
13 (13.54%)
81 (84.375%)
96 (19.16%)
49.191
Pus
17 (28.33%)
41 (68.33%)
60 (11.976%)
9.931
Blood
9 (10.227%)
70 (79.545%)
88 (17.56%)
47.101
Sputum
10 (37.037%)
11 (40.740%)
27 (5.389%)
0.047619
Wound swab
6 (35.294%)
17 (68%)
25 (4.99%)
5.2609
HVS
7 (58.33%)
5 (41.6666%)
12 (2.395%)
0.33333
Throat swab
0 (0.00%)
5 (83.33%)
6 (1.197%)
5
Umbilical swab
0 (0.00%)
2 (100%)
2 (0.399%)
2
Regional Distribution
Urban
137
178
315
0.69
0.4
Rural
73
113
186
Correlation analysis between single drug and multidrug-resistance among different groups of Kpn isolates. indicates statistically significant ( value is less than 0.05).
