Insight into the Burden of Antimicrobial Resistance among Bacterial Pathogens Isolated from Patients Admitted in ICUs of a Tertiary Care Hospital in India

Table 1

Clinical specimen distribution and demographic profile of culture-positive patients (n = 1632).

	Number	Percentage of positivity (%)
Gender
Male	830	50.86
Female	802	49.14
Age group
0-1 year	207	12.71
>1–11 years	510	31.21
>11–18 years	132	8.10
>18–45 years	457	28.03
>45 years	326	19.95
Distribution among ICUs
MICU	504	30.88
SICU	450	27.57
PICU	678	41.55
Sample type
Blood	650	39.08
Respiratory samples (BAL, tracheal aspirate, sputum, ET tube, nasal swabs)	480	29.45
Exudates (pus, wound swabs, stitch line swabs, liver abscess)	119	7.32
Body fluids (peritoneal, pleural, pericardial fluids)	109	6.71
Urine	99	6.10
CSF	22	1.35
HVS	23	1.40
Tissue	08	0.45
Others (oral swabs, catheter tips, GA, throat swab, bile)	61	3.75
Not mentioned	61	3.75

Note. ICUs = intensive care units, MICU = medical ICU, SICU= surgical ICU, PICU = paediatric ICU, BAL = bronchoalveolar lavage, CSF = cerebrospinal fluid, HVS = high vaginal swab, ET = endotracheal, and GA = gastric lavage.