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Table 1 Characteristics of the 358 patients included in the study

From: Proportion of extended-spectrum ß-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in community setting in Ngaoundere, Cameroon

Characteristics

Outpatients

N = 208 (%)

Student volunteers

N = 150 (%)

Age (Mean, SD)

36.9,15.12

24.7,7.3

Male gender

88 (42)

99 (66)

Hospitalization (in previous year)

  

yes

16 (8)

1 (1)

no

91 (44)

149 (99)

unknown

101 (48)

0

Antibiotic use (< 3 months)

  

yes

44 (21)

15 (10)

no

48 (23)

132 (88)

unknown

116 (56)

3 (2)

Antibiotics used

  

amoxicillin

14

7

ciprofloxacin

19

2

Trimethroprim/sulfamethoxazole

5

/

Other drugs

6

6