Research Article

Prevalence, Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern of Bacterial Isolates, and Associated Factors of Urinary Tract Infections among HIV‐Positive Patients at Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital, Eastern Ethiopia

Table 3

Distribution of UTI by associated factors among HIV-positive patients at Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital, Eastern Ethiopia, 2016.

CharacteristicsUrinary tract infectionCrude OR (95% CI)Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Yes, (%)No, (%)

SexMale17 (27)89 (31)1
Female46 (73)198 (69)0.82 [0.45, 1.51]

Age (in years)18–245 (7.9)7 (2.4)11
25–3417 (27)115 (40.1)2.76 [0.83, 9.21]1.95 [0.55, 6.92]
35–4435 (55.6)135 (47)4.83 [1.34, 6.96]4.07 [1.09, 5.10]
>446 (9.5)30 (10.5)3.57 [0.84, 15.14]2.63 [0.58, 11.86]

ResidenceUrban42 (67.7)174 (60.6)1
Rural21 (32.3)113 (39.4)1.29 [0.73, 2.31]

Educational status>12th grade2 (3.2)16 (5.6)1
Grade 1–836 (57.1)123 (42.9)0.43 [0.09, 1.95]
Grade 9–1211 (17.7)65 (22.6)0.74 [0.15, 3.69]
Illiterate14 (22.6)83 (28.8)0.74 [0.15, 3.58]

Current marital statusUnmarried11 (17.5)35 (12.2)1
Married37 (58.7)178 (62)1.51 [0.70, 3.25]
Divorced8 (12.7)42 (14.6)1.65 [0.59, 4.55]
Widowed7 (11.1)32 (11.1)1.44 [0.49, 4.16]

OccupationEmployed17 (27)69 (24)1
Farmer10 (15.9)64 (22.3)1.58 [0.67, 3.69]
Merchant24 (38.1)111 (38.7)1.14 [0.57, 2.27]
Others12 (19)43 (15)0.88 [0.38, 2.03]

Average monthly income (in USD)>93.514 (22.2)53 (18.5)11
46.7–93.518 (28.6)91 (31.7)0.96 [0.36, 1.42]0.76 [0.36, 1.56]
<46.731 (49.2)143 (49.8)2.28 [1.07, 4.92]2.76 [1.15, 6.07]

Current CD4+ count (cells/mm3)≥20028 (44.4)89 (31)11
<20035 (55.6)198 (69)1.78 [1.02. 3.10]2.07 [1.15, 3.73]

ART statusNonusers20 (31.7)76 (26.5)1
Users43 (68.3)211 (73.5)1.29 [0.72, 2.33]

Use of cotrimoxazole as prophylaxisNo25 (39.7)123 (42.9)1
Yes38 (60.3)164 (57.1)0.88 [0.50, 1.53]

Use of drugs without prescriptionYes8 (12.7)24 (8.4)1
No55 (87.3)263 (91.6)1.59 [0.68, 3.73]

Previous history of UTINo49 (77.8)232 (80.8)1
Yes14 (22.2)55 (19.2)0.83 [0.43, 1.61]

History of catheterizationNo59 (93.7)270 (94.1)1
Yes5 (5.9)16 (5.9)0.69 [0.24, 1.94]

DiabetesNo58 (92.1)274 (95.5)1
Yes5 (7.9)13 (4.5)0.55 [0.19, 1.60]

Sexual activities in the last 3 monthsNo18 (28.6)67 (23.3)1
Yes45 (71.4)220 (76.7)1.31 [0.71, 2.42]

Frequency of sexual activity per weekNo15 (23.8)59 (20.6)1
1‐2 times20 (31.7)153 (53.3)0. 68 [0.33, 1.39]
>2 times28 (44.4)75 (26.1)1.95 [0.93, 4.05]

Student, housewife, housemaid, and daily laborer; ; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.