Throat Swab Culture Positivity and Antibiotic Resistance Profiles in Children 2–5 Years of Age Suspected of Bacterial Tonsillitis at Hargeisa Group of Hospitals, Somaliland: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Bacterial throat culture and other explanatory variables of children with 2–5 years of age with suspicion of bacterial tonsillitis at Hargeisa Group of Hospital (N = 374).

Variables	Culture result			COR (95% CI)	value
	Total	Positive	Negative
	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)
Contact with cough patients
Yes	228 (61)	85 (37.3)	143 (62.7)	1.89 (1.18–3.00)	0.008
No	146 (39)	35 (24)	111 (76)
Breast feeding
Mixed	278 (74.3)	91 (32.7)	187 (67.3)	1.12 (0.68–1.86)	0.65
Exclusive	96 (25.7)	29 (30.2)	67 (69.8)
Daycare centre attendee
Yes	86 (23)	34 (39.5)	52 (60.5)	1.54 (0.93–2.53)	0.092
No	288 (77)	86 (29.9)	202 (70.1)
Living in overcrowded house
Yes	268 (71.7)	76 (28.4)	192 (71.6)	0.56 (0.35–0.89)	0.014
No	106 (28.3)	44 (41.5)	62 (58.5)
Exposure to wood biofuel
Yes	331 (88.5)	117 (35.3)	214 (64.7)	7.29 (2.21–24.1)	0.001
No	43 (11.5)	3 (7)	40 (93)
	374 (100)	120 (32.1)	254 (67.9)
School attendee
Yes	92 (24.6)	48 (52.2)	44 (47.8)	0.31 (0.19–0.51)	<0.001
No	282 (75.4)	72 (25.5)	210 (74.5)
Total	374 (100)	120 (32.1)	254 (67.9)