Research Article

Antimicrobial Resistance among Pregnant Women with Urinary Tract Infections Attending Antenatal Clinic at Levy Mwanawasa University Teaching Hospital (LMUTH), Lusaka, Zambia

Table 4

Multivariant determinants of antimicrobial resistance.

PredictorsCrude odds ratio (95% CI) valueAdjusted odds ratio (95% CI) value

Age group
 18–241
 25–290.96 (0.32–2.81)0.9200.79 (0.17–3.72)0.765
 30–341.05 (0.35–3.18)0.9310.82 (0.14–4.69)0.827
 >350.44 (0.14–1.40)0.1630.15 (0.02–1.04)0.055

Marital status
 Single10.3241
 Married0.58 (0.20–1.71)0.44 (0.07–2.65)0.368

Education
 Primary11
 Secondary1.95 (0.64–5.94)0.2393.20 (0.55–18.4)0.195
 Tertiary1.23 (0.39–3.86)0.7261.94 (0.28–13.7)0.505

Trimester
 1st11
 2nd0.38 (0.10–1.47)0.1600.61 (0.11–3.34)0.572
 3rd0.48 (0.12–1.93)0.2990.68 (0.10–4.72)0.695

Residence
 High density11
 Medium density0.70 (0.28–1.73)0.4381.52 (0.35–6.52)0.574
 Low density0.72 (0.26–1.98)0.5230.52 (0.10–2.79)0.449

History of UTI
 No1
 Yes1.19 (0.38–3.75)0.7702.86 (0.13–61.2)0.502

HIV status
 Negative11
 Positive1.29 (0.59–2.85)0.5242.60 (0.68–9.88)0.162

Income
 Low (0–1500)11
 Medium (1500–3000)1.03 (0.44–2.40)0.9500.62 (0.14–2.80)0.538
 High (≥3000)0.77 (0.26–2.32)0.6470.56 (0.07–4.27)0.578

Kidney infection
 No11
 Yes0.27 (0.04–1.69)0.1610.29 (0.03–3.35)0.321
 Duration of antibiotic use
 7 days11
 14 days0.88 (0.33–2.31)0.7940.78 (0.20–3.06)0.725

Current use of antibiotics
 No11
 Yes0.89 (0.35–2.30)0.8150.50 (0.13–1.94)0.313

Symptoms
 Dysuria/nocturia/urgency11
 Dysuria1.11 (0.47–2.64)0.8161.00 (0.28–3.64)0.998
 Haematuria1.16 (0.35–3.87)0.8051.78 (0.25–12.7)0.565