Nontyphoidal Salmonella and Their Antimicrobial Susceptibility among Diarrheic Patients Attending Private Hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Table 2

Prevalence of Salmonella among diarrheic patients attending private hospitals stratified by selected background characteristics.

Characteristics	Category	Salmonella status			value
		No. examined	No. positive	Percent
Sex ()	Male	176	7	4.0	0.6
	Female	122	7	5.7
Age group ()	0-5	24	1	4.2	0.3
	6-18	17	1	5.9
	19-30	76	1	1.3
	31-45	95	8	8.4
	>45	53	3	5.7
Educational status ()	Illiterate	16	1	6.3	0.4
	Underage/preschool	25	3	12.0
	Primary school (1-8)	40	3	7.5
	Secondary school (9-12)	74	3	4.0
	College/university	110	4	3.6
Occupation ()	Business person	66	4	6.0
	Student/underage	56	2	3.6
	Governmental	55	3	5.5	0.6
	Private	44	1	2.3
	Housewife	34	4	11.8
	Others	10	0	0.0
handwashing habit after using toilet ()	Yes	213	10	4.7	0.2
	No	28	3	10.7
Consumption of raw vegetables ()	Yes	178	9	5.0	0.8
	No	87	5	5.7
Consumption of raw meat ()	Yes	175	12	6.9	0.2
	No	90	2	2.2
Stool consistency ()	Loose	168	10	6.0	0.4
	Watery	82	2	2.4
	Mucoid	36	1	2.8
	Bloody	12	1	8.3
Total		298	14	4.7

One of the Salmonella positive study participants did not respond to this question.