BioMed Research International / 2023 / Article / Tab 4 / Research Article
Asymptomatic Carriage Rate, Multidrug Resistance Level, and Associated Risk Factors of Enterococcus in Clinical Samples among HIV-Positive Patients Attending at Debre Birhan Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, North Showa, Ethiopia Table 4 Bivariate analysis of associated factors for acquiring enterococcal infections at the Debre Birhan comprehensive hospital, May to August, 2021.
Characteristics Total no. (%) Enterococcal infection COR (95% CI) valuePresence no. (%) Absence no. (%) Total 384 (100%) 34 (8.85%) 360 (91.15%) Sex Female 185 (48.8) 19 (10.4) 166 (89.6) Ref Male 199 (51.2) 15 (7.4) 184 (92.6) 2.19 (0.59-3.98) 0.91 Age <5 19 (4.9) 3 (15.8) 11 (84.2) 0.93 (0.41-2.99) 0.55 5-15 59 (15.4) 5 (8.5) 54 (91.5) 0.88 (0.08-1.65) 0.52 16-30 105 (27.3) 10 (9.5) 95 (90.)5 0.36 (0.08-0.96) 0.51 31-50 123 (32) 9 (7.3) 114 (92.7) 1.23 (1.1-2.96) 0.09 >50 78 (20.3) 7 (8.97) 71 (91.03) Ref Hospital stays (hours) <48 340 15 (4.6) 325 (95.4) Ref 48+ 44 19 (43.2) 25 (56.8) 6 (4.32-25.6) 0.025 CD4 count <350 155 (40.4) 18 (11.6) 137 (88.4) 3.6 (2.1-9.76) 0.002 >350 229 (59.6) 16 (7.0) 213 (9.03) Ref WHO stage I 165 4 (2.4) 161 (97.6) Ref II 95 8 (8.4) 87 (91.6) 0.5 (0.00-25.1) 1.00 III 93 13 (14.0) 80 (86.0) 0.65 (0.00-3.71) 0.56 IV 31 9 (29.0) 22 (71) 1.85 (1.33-3.71) 0.006 History Antibiotics usage 84 7 (25.93) 77 (74.07) Ref Animal contact 111 8 (9) 103 (90) 1.74 (0.73–4.58) 0.15 Cancer 13 2 (33.33) 11 (66.67) 7.80 (0.00–116.25) 0.18 Catheterization 47 9 (64.7) 38 (35.3) 8.5 (5.12-44.31) 0.001 Diabetics 39 2 (0.00) 37 (100) 4.5 (0.00-19.28) 1.00 UTI 90 6 (3.64) 84 (96.36) 0.53 (0.08-2.42) 0.55