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Table 1 Socio-demographic features of the patients and ratio of wound infection

From: Prevalence of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus, multidrug resistant and extended spectrum β-lactamase producing gram negative bacilli causing wound infections at a tertiary care hospital of Nepal

Demographic features

Infected [No. (%)]

Not infected [No. (%)]

Total [No. (%)]

Sex

 Male

45 (55.6)

36 (44.4)

81 (44.5)

 Female

68 (67.3)

33 (32.7)

101 (55.5)

Total

113 (62.1)

69 (37.9)

182 (100)

Age in years

 ≤ 10

23 (82.1)

5 (17.9)

28 (15.4)

 11–20

18 (60.0)

12 (40.0)

30 (16.5)

 21–30

12 (44.4)

15 (55.6)

27 (14.9)

 31–40

21 (65.6)

11 (34.4)

32 (17.6)

 41–50

9 (40.9)

13 (59.1)

22 (12.0)

 51–60

15 (68.2)

7 (31.8)

22 (12.0)

 61–70

8 (66.7)

4 (33.3)

12 (6.6)

 71–80

7 (77.8)

2 (22.2)

9 (5.0)

Total

113 (62.00)

69 (38.00)

182 (100)