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Table 3. Frequency and percentage of bacterial isolates according to age range and sex.

Age group (years)

                                     Sex

Name and Frequency of Isolates

Percentage (%)

      Total Male

   (n= 640, 71.8%)

          Total Female

        (n=251, 28.1%)

Infants (0-2)

n=3

Male (n=1, 33.3%)

Staphylococcus spp.(n=1)

100.0

                                                Female (n=2, 66.7%)

Klebsiella spp. (n=1)

Pseudomonas spp.(n=1)

50.00

50.00

Children (3-16)

n=202

Male (n=147, 72.7%)

Pseudomonas spp. (n= 72)

Proteus spp. (n=28)

Klebsiella spp.(n=11)

Staphylococcus aureus (n=30)

Staphylococcus spp. (n=6)

48.93

19.22

07.42

20.43

04.00

                                                  Female (n=55, 27.2%)

Pseudomonas spp.(n=11)

Proteus spp. (n=38)

Staphylococcus spp. (n=5)

Streptococcus spp.(n=1)

20.02

69.00

09.13

01.84

Young adults (17-30) n=217

Male (n=158, 72.8%)

Pseudomonas spp. (n=64)

Enterococcus faecalis (n=48)

Staphylococcus aureus (n=9)

Staphylococcus spp. (n=10)

Proteus spp. (n=11)

E. coli (n=10)

Klebsiella spp. (n=6)

40.79

30.57

05.64

06.39

06.46

06.39

03.76

                                                 Female (n=59, 27.2%)

Pseudomonas spp. (n=15)

Enterococcus faecalis (n=13)

Staphylococcus aureus (n=19)

Staphylococcus spp. (n=6)

Proteus spp. (n=1)

E. coli (n=1)

Klebsiella spp.(n=3)

Streptococcus spp. (n=1)

25.49

22.03

32.34

10.26

01.62

01.62

05.02

01.62

Middle-aged Adults (31-45) n=187

Male (n=133, 71.2%)

Pseudomonas spp. (n=75)

Enterococcus faecalis (n=21)

Staphylococcus aureus (n=3)

Staphylococcus spp. (n=11)

Proteus spp.(n=1)

E. coli (n=14)

Klebsiella spp.(n=7)

Streptococcus spp.(n=1)

56.53

15.75

02.21

08.37

00.70

10.53

05.21

00.70

                                                  Female (n=54, 28.8%)

Pseudomonas spp.(n=15)

Staphylococcus spp. (n=8)

Proteus spp. (n=6)

E. coli (n=23)

Klebsiella spp. (n=2)

27.57

14.86

11.21

42.58

03.78

Old Adults >45

n=282

Male (n=201, 71.3%)

Pseudomonas spp. (n=84)

E. coli (n=23)

Enterococcus faecalis (n=21)

Staphylococcus aureus (n=18)

Staphylococcus spp. (n=19)

Proteus spp. (n=5)

Klebsiella spp.(n=24)

Acinetobacter spp. (n= 6)

Enterobacter spp. (n=1)

41.66

11.53

10.57

08.95

09.48

02.46

11.94

02.98

00.43

                                                Female (n=81, 28.7%)

Pseudomonas spp. (n= 31)

Staphylococcus aureus (n=2)

Staphylococcus spp. (n=11)

Proteus spp. (n=5)

E. coli (n=22)

Klebsiella spp. (n=10)

38.24

02.40

13.51

06.12

27.41

12.32