Research Article
Risk Factors and Scoring System for Predicting Bacterial Resistance to Cefepime as Used Empirically in Haematology Wards
Table 3
Risk factors for cefepime resistance in multivariate logistic regression.
| Risk factor | Unadjusted OR | Adjusted OR | |
| Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia | 7.2 (1.5 to 34.3) | 6.0 (1.1 to 31.8) | 0.036 | Antibiotic therapy with β-lactams (current or in the last month) | 4.8 (1.8 to 12.6) | 3.6 (1.3 to 10.5) | 0.017 | Time elapsed since hospital admission ≥18 days | 6.7 (2.4 to 18.4) | 4.7 (1.6 to 13.9) | 0.005 | Time elapsed since central venous catheter insertion ≥16 days | 2.8 (1.2 to 6.6) | — | |
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