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Table 3 Baseline characteristics of patients

From: Salmonella blood stream infections in a tertiary care setting in Ghana

Variables

Number

Salmonella bactereamia

Salmonella isolates in BSI b

  

Typhoidal (66)

Non-typhoidal (115)

Odds ratio (95% CI a)

P-value

MDRs (n = 81)

Non-MDRs (n = 100)

Odds ratio (95% CI)

P-value

Male gender

98

34

64

0.85 (0.46-1.55)

0.590

50

48

1.74 (0.96-1.17)

0.065

Age (±SD)c

 

10.3 ± 2.5

9.0 ± 3.79

1.02 (0.82-1.76)

0.051

9.1 ± 1.8

9.3 ± 2.1

0.93 (0.81-1.65)

0.295

Aged

         

0-1

49

11

38

0.39 (0.18-0.84)

0.014

23

26

1.19 (0.61-2.31)

0.610

1-5

44

17

27

1.11 (0.55-2.25)

0.741

19

25

0.96 (0.48-1.92)

0.920

6-13

58

28

30

2.07 (1.08-3.96)

0.026

31

27

1.80 (0.95-3.41)

0.070

>13

23

8

15

0.90 (0.36-2.26)

0.823

7

16

0.51 (0.20-1.32)

0.162

Month of infectione

         

Jan-Mar

27

10

17

1.02 (0.44-2.40)

1.0

21

6

5.48 (2.09-14.36)

0.001

April-June

62

21

41

0.84 (0.44-1.60)

0.603

31

31

1.38 (0.74-2.55)

0.305

July-sept

47

17

30

0.98 (0.49-1.96)

1.0

21

26

0.99 (0.51-1.94)

1.0

Oct-Dec

45

18

27

1.22 (0.61-2.44)

0.571

13

32

0.41 (0.19-0.84)

0.013

Year of infection

         

2010

37

23

14

3.85 (1.82-8.20)

0.001

21

6

5.48 (209–14.36)

0.001

2011

54

13

41

0.44 (0.22-0.91)

0.02

31

23

2.07 (1.08-3.96)

0.025

2012

62

26

36

1.42 (0.75-2.68)

0.269

22

40

0.55 (0.29-1.05)

0.070

2013

28

13

15

1.63 (0.72-3.69)

0.233

7

21

0.35 (0.14-0.88)

0.02

Sickle cell diseasef

27

6

21

0.45 (0.17-1.19)

0.104

16

11

1.51 (0.64-3.56)

0.342

Physicians’ diagnosisf

         

Sepsis

62

27

35

1.92 (0.94-3.96)

0.072

23

39

0.33 (0.17-0.68)

0.002

Enteric fever

14

9

5

3.79 (1.18-12.09)

*0.022

11

3

3.99 (1.05-15.05)

0.029

PUO

20

5

15

0.55 (0.18-1.63)

0.281

7

13

0.46 (0.17-1.23)

0.116

BEMP

13

3

10

0.51 (0.12-1.95)

*0.378

5

8

0.56 (0.17-1.83)

0.33

Undiagnosed

71

21

50

0.56 (0.27-1.16)

0.118

35

36

0.85 (0.42-1.69)

0.646

Patient locationg

         

Child health

85

29

56

1.23 (0.56-2.71)

0.596

42

43

1.06 (0.52-2.22)

0.862

Medical

14

7

7

2.28 (0.75-7.00)

*0.225

4

10

0.39 (0.11-1.28)

0.108

NICU

2

0

2

-

-

0

2

-

-

Surgical

2

0

2

-

-

1

1

-

-

PML

25

5

20

0.44 (0.15-1.26)

0.122

13

12

1.17 (0.49-2.80)

0.729

KBTH patientsh

102

36

66

0.76 (0.41-1.45)

0.416

47

55

0.59 (0.24-1.38)

0.223

Crx resistant salmonellaei

32

11

21

0.89 (0.40-1.99)

0.79

27

5

8.35 (3.02-23.05)

0.001

Typhoidal salmonella

66

-

-

-

-

22

44

0.47 (0.25-0.89)

0.02

  1. aCI, confidence interval; bBSI, blood stream infections; MDR, multidrg resistant strains; cSD, standard deviation; dRecorded for 64 TS and 110 NTS, and 75 MDR and 96 non-MDRs; eJan-Mar, January to March; Sep,september; Oct-Dec, October to December; fRecorded for 47 TS and 85 NTS, and 67 MDRs and 64 non-MDRs; PUO, pyrexia of unknown origin; BEMP, bone infections, endocarditis, meningitis, pneumonia; gRecorded for 42 TS and 87 NTS, and 63 MDRs and 66 non-MDRs; NICU, neonatal intensive care unit; PML, Princess-Marie Louis Children hospital; hKBTH, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, recorded for 42 TS and 87 NTS, and 63 MDRs and 66 non-MDRs; iCrx, cefuroxime, tested for 63 TS and 104 NTS, and 80 MDRs and 87 non-MDRs.
  2. *P-vaue with Fisher’s exact test.
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