Table 3: Treatments, interventions and infections’ characteristics.
| Characteristic | Public Hospital | Private Hospital | Total | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site of infection | ||||
| • Urinary tract: no. (%) | 82 (45.1) | 92 (48.76) | 174 (47.1) | 0.548 |
| • Pneumonia: no. (%) | 22 (12.1) | 48 (25.44) | 70 (18.9) | 0.001 |
| • Skin soft tissue: no. (%) | 43 (23.65) | 13 (6.89) | 56 (15.1) | < 0.001 |
| • Blood stream: no. (%) | 27 (14.85) | 18 (9.54) | 45 (12.1) | 0.108 |
| • Surgical site: no. (%) | 30 (16.5) | 8 (4.24) | 38 (10.2) | < 0.001 |
| • Gastrointestinal: no. (%) | 18 (9.9) | 18 (9.54) | 36 (9.8) | 0.878 |
| • Ventilator associated: no. (%) | 16 (18.7) | 8 (4.24) | 24 (6.5) | 0.07 |
| • Lower respiratory: no. (%) | 7 (3.85) | 7 (3.71) | 14 (3.8) | 0.926 |
| • Bone/Joint: no. (%) | 4 (2.2) | 0 (0) | 4 (1.1) | 0.039 |
| • CNS: no. (%) | 3 (1.65) | 0 (0) | 3 (0.8) | 0.075 |
| Sepsis: no. (%) | 93 (51.15) | 34 (18.02) | 127 (34.4) | < 0.001 |
| Total number of microbes | ||||
| • Monomicrobial: no. (%) | 116 (63.8) | 173 (91.69) | 289 (78.2) | < 0.001 |
| • Bimicrobial: no. (%) | 31 (17.05) | 10 (5.3) | 41 (11.1) | |
| • Trimicrobial: no. (%) | 16 (8.8) | 2 (1.06) | 18 (4.8) | |
| • Quadrimicrobial: no. (%) | 10 (5.5) | 3 (1.59) | 13 (3.5) | |
| • Pentamicrobial: no. (%) | 7 (3.85) | 0 (0) | 7 (1.9) | |
| Intubated patient: no. (%) | 57 (31.66) | 42 (22.22) | 99 (26.8) | 0.041 |
| Foley catheter: no. (%) | 103 (57.22) | 44 (23.28) | 147 (39.8) | < 0.001 |
| Central venous catheter: no. (%) | 25 (13.88) | 70 (37.03) | 95 (25.7) | < 0.001 |
| Surgical intervention: no. (%) | 60 (33.33) | 49 (25.92) | 109 (29.4) | 0.12 |
| Inappropriate treatment: no. (%) | 46 (25.55) | (33.86) | 110 (29.81) | 0.22 |
| • Reason: | 64 | |||
| o Organism not covered according to antibiogram results: no. (%) | 26 (14.44) | 21 (11.11) | 47 (12.73) | |
| o Wrong duration: no. (%) | 17 (9.44) | 25 (13.22) | 42 (11.38) | |
| o Broader spectrum: no. (%) | 2 (1.11) | 16 (8.46) | 18 (4.87) | |
| o Wrong dose: no. (%) | 1 (0.55) | 2 (1.05) | 3 (0.81) |
P value between hospital 1 and 2, Pearson chi-square test was used to compare (2 qualitative variables) and student t-test was used to compare (1 quantitative variable and 1 qualitative variable), Fisher's Exact Test was used when cell counts of less than 5 comprise 25% or more of a table. CNS: Central Nervous System.