Recent Advances in Investigation, Prevention, and Management of Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs): Resistant Multidrug Strain Colonization and Its Risk Factors in an Intensive Care Unit of a University Hospital

Table 5

Analysis of risk factors related to bacterial infections upon ICU admission in female patients. OR: Odds Ratio; ∗: p<0.05; ∗∗: p<0.01.

Risk factor	MRSA colonization				VRE colonization
	Present [n]	Absent [n]	OR	P value	Present [n]	Absent [n]	OR	P value
Age > 65 years	13	207	1.017	>0.9999	2	241	Infinity	>0.9999
Carmeli score	9	166	0.7349	0.6254	2	189	Infinity	0.5062
Respiratory diseases	6	53	2.217	0.128	1	66	4.121	0.3558
Cardiovascular diseases	11	159	1.275	0.8077	1	176	0.9205	>0.9999
Chronic renal failure	0	4	0	>0.9999	0	5	0	>0.9999
Chronic liver diseases	1	7	2.361	0.3879	0	12	0	>0.9999
Cancer	2	24	1.375	0.6571	1	32	9.563	0.185
Hematologic malignancy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Diabetes mellitus	3	68	0.6471	0.7734	0	82	0	>0.9999
Risk factor	ESBL colonization				CRE colonization
	Present [n]	Absent [n]	OR	P value	Present [n]	Absent [n]	OR	P value
Age > 65 years	50	376	0.8673	0.5843	83	311	0.8217	0.4234
Carmeli score	44	288	1.254	0.3828	64	239	0.8879	0.6051
Respiratory diseases	9	81	0.7726	0.6011	28	74	1.44	0.1472
Cardiovascular diseases	35	277	0.8279	0.4564	49	238	0.5433	0.0038∗∗
Chronic renal failure	4	6	5.024	0.0241∗	4	4	3.624	0.0754
Chronic liver diseases	3	15	1.46	0.472	6	12	1.809	0.2501
Cancer	8	37	1.627	0.2362	10	38	0.9246	>0.9999
Hematologic malignancy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Diabetes mellitus	19	118	1.217	0.5518	28	108	0.8921	0.7208