Research Article

Antimicrobial Resistance among Community-Acquired Uropathogens in Mashhad, Iran

Table 3

Univariate analysis of the risk factor for community-acquired urinary tract infections caused by ciprofloxacin-resistant E. coli strains.

CharacteristicsCiprofloxacinBOR (95% CI) valueTMP-SMXBOR (95% CI) value
ResistantSensitiveResistantSensitive

Age group (years)0–142 [12]6 (75)0.0811.084 (0.496–2.370)0.8394 (33.3)8 (66.7)0.7212.057 (1.066–3.972)0.032
15–6440 (43)53 (57)46 (41.4)65 (58.6)
≥657 (36.8)12 (63.2)19 (63.3)11 (36.7)

Gender (female)40 (40)59 (59.6)0.1011.106 (0.427–2.869)0.83561 (48)66 (52)−0.7320.481 (0.195–1.186)0.112

Diabetes mellitus14 (58.3)10 (41.7)0.4321.540 (0.473–5.011)0.47312 (46.2)14 (53.8)−0.0490.952 (0.350–2.589)0.924

History of previous episodes of UTIs35 (46.7)40 (53.3)0.7142.042 (0.904–4.609)0.06846 (54.1)56 (54.9)

Exposure to antibiotics in the past 3 months30 (54.5)25 (45.5)1.0632.894 (1.333–6.285)0.00734 (44.2)43 (55.8)0.0871.091 (0.566–2.102)0.796

History of hospital admission in the past 3 months9 (64.3)5 (35.7)1.0772.937 (0.916–9.419)0.0708 (50)8 (50)0.2921.339 (0.474–3.787)0.582

TMP-SMX: trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.