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Table 3 Association of methicillin resistant pattern of S. aureus in study participants with gender and age group at Yekatit 12 Hospital Medical College from September 2013 to April 2014, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

From: Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from clinical samples at Yekatit 12 Hospital Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Variable

MRSA

MSSA

S. aureus

COR

95 % CI

P-value

N (%)

N (%)

N

Sex

Male

19(19.9)

87(82.1)

106

0.94

(0.44, 1.98)

0.873

Female

15(17.0)

73(83.0)

88

1

-

-

Age group

<1

0(0)

9(100)

9

0.00

-

0.999

1–14

7(14.6)

41(85.4)

48

1.67

(0.29, 9.76)

0.567

15–24

8(17.4)

38(82.6)

46

1.36

(0.24, 7.78)

0.732

25–34

4(10.5)

34(89.5)

38

2.43

(0.37, 15.95)

0.356

35–44

8(30.8)

18(69.2)

26

0.64

(0.11, 3.80)

0.626

45–64

5(27.8)

13(72.2)

18

0.74

(0.11, 4.86)

0.757

> = 65

2(22.2)

7(77.8)

9

1

-

-

  1. COR crude odds ratio