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Table 2 Analysis of risk factors for ESBL carriage in univariate analysis

From: Proportion of extended-spectrum ß-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in community setting in Ngaoundere, Cameroon

 

Outpatients

 

Student volunteers

 

Covariate

ESBL-positive

ESBL-negative

P value

ESBL-positive

ESBL-negative

P value

 

(n = 48)

(n = 160)

 

(n = 10)

(n = 140)

 

Age (Mean, SD)

37.6,15.5

36.7,15

0.744

27.2,8.9

24.5,7.1

0.284

Male gender

21

67

0.817

7

92

0.782

Antibiotic use (< 3 months)

      

yes/no

11/8

33/40

0.212

1/9

14/123

0.982

Hospitalization (previous year)

      

yes/no

4/17

12/74

0.544

0/10

1/139

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