A prospective observational study of the prevalence and risk factors for colonization by antibiotic resistant bacteria in patients at admission to hospital in Singapore

Table 2 Multiple logistic regression analyses of MRSA and ESBL-E colonization risk factors

Featured covariates*	MRSA AOR	95% C.I.	ESBL-E AOR	95% C.I.
Hospitalization
Within 3 month	3.81	0.84 to 17.28	1.38	0.71 to 2.69
Within 12 month	3.48	0.64 to 18.92	1.35	0.73 to 2.48
Use of oral antibiotics
Within 1 month	1.57	0.17 to 14.43	2.58**	1.04 to 6.42
Within 3 month	0.67	0.08 to 6.78	0.94	0.38 to 2.36
Outpatient visit
Within 3 month	0.97	0.17 to 5.64	1.36	0.69 to 2.69
Within 12 month	1.43	0.18 to 11.13	0.89	0.43 to 1.80
Primary care visit
Within 3 month	Not estimated	Not estimated	2.08	0.72 to 6.01
Within 12 month	Not estimated	Not estimated	0.41	0.14 to 1.24
Contact with Healthcare Worker	1.30	0.32 to 5.33	0.86	0.47 to 1.57

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