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Table 6 Multivariable analysis of risk factors for MRSA infection in the 211 adult patients with final pathogen diagnosis

From: Clinical and microbiological characteristics of purulent and non-purulent cellulitis in hospitalized Taiwanese adults in the era of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Variables

OR

95 % CI

p value

Age

0.994

0.974–1.014

0.529

Sex (male)

1.050

0.435–2.534

0.914

Sepsis

0.873

0.353–2.160

0.769

Lower limb involvement

0.777

0.283–2.137

0.625

Tinea pedis

0.490

0.102–2.366

0.375

Diabetes mellitus

0.391

0.105–1.455

0.161

Purulent group

5.188

1.995–13.493

0.001

Wound

1.122

0.420–2.994

0.819