Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): Prevalence and Antimicrobial Sensitivity Pattern among Patients—A Multicenter Study in Asmara, Eritrea

Table 1

Association of S. aureus among participants with regard to age, gender, and case.

Variable		Presence of S. aureus		COR (95% CI)	Value	AOR (95% CI)	Value
		No ()	Yes ()
Sex	Female	19 (35.2)	35 (64.8)	1.12 (0.51, 2.45)	0.78	-	-
	Male	29 (38.2)	47 (61.8)	1		-	-
Age group	<12	3 (15)	17 (85.0)	5.67 (1.23, 26.13)	0.26	6.23 (1.4, 27.8)	0.017
	13–18	3 (21.4)	11 (78.6)	3.6 (0.72, 17.42)	0.12	4.03 (0.87, 18.8)	0.075
	19–40	17 (34)	33 (66)	1.72 (0.56, 5.27)	0.343	2.13 (0.76, 6.02)	0.152
	41–60	14 (56)	11 (44)	0.88 (0.27, 2.81)	0.637	0.75 (0.22, 2.5)	0.806
	≥61	11 (52.4)	10 (47.6)	1	0.12	1	0.028
Case	Abscess	10 (21)	24 (29)	1.6(0.56, 4.53)	0.38
	Burn	9 (19)	20 (24)	1.09 (0.37, 3.19)	1.09
	Diabetic	15 (31)	14 (17)	0.66 (0.22, 1.96)	0.451
	Surgical wound	14 (29)	24 (29)	1

COR: crude odds ratio; AOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.