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Table 3 Distribution of nosocomial MDR A. baumannii and P. aeruginosa infection in different variables of study participants clinically presumptive for nosocomial infection at FHRH, 2018 (n = 238)

From: Multi-drug resistance of blood stream, urinary tract and surgical site nosocomial infections of Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa among patients hospitalized at Felegehiwot referral hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Confirmed rate of Nosocomial infection

P-value

Positive

N (%)

Negative.

N (%)

Total.

N (%)

Sex

Female

9 (8.3)

100 (91.7)

109 (45.8)

 

Male

11 (8.5)

118 (91.5)

129 (54.2)

0.94

Age

<  1

5 (16.1)

26 (83.9)

31 (13.0)

 

1–10

5 (14.7)

29 (85.3)

34 (16.4)

 

11–20

1 (3.4)

28 (96.6)

29 (12.2)

0.34

21–30

2 (4.3)

45 (95.7)

47 (19.7)

 

31–40

2 (8)

23 (92)

25 (10.5)

 

41–50

0 (0)

21 (100)

21 (8.8)

 

> 51

5 (9.8)

46 (90.2)

51 (21.4)

 

Residence

Urban

9 (7.1)

117 (92.9)

126 (52.9)

 

Rural

11 (9.8)

101 (90.2)

112 (47.1)

0.46

Education

Non-educated

3 (5.8)

49 (94.2)

52 (27.5)

 

Educated

8 (5.8)

129 (94.2)

137 (31.7)

 
 

Below school age

9 (18.4)

40 (81.6)

49 (20.6)

1.00

Type of NI

UTI

5 (8.3)

55 (91.7)

60 (25.2)

 

SSI

2 (6.3)

30 (93.8)

32 (13.4)

 

BSI

13 (8.9)

133 (91.1)

146 (61.3)

 

Occupation

Farmer

0 (0)

23 (100)

23 (15.2)

 

House wife

4 (12.9)

27 (87.1)

31 (20.5)

0.20

Government employee

5 (8.5)

54 (91.5)

59 (39.1)

 

Private employee

0 (0)

27 (100)

27 (17.9)

 

Other

1 (9.1)

10 (90.9)

11 (7.3)

 

Unemployed

10 (11.5)

77 (88.5)

87 (36.6)

 

Ward of patients hospital

Surgical

4 (8.5)

43 (91.5)

47 (19.7)

 

Medical

11 (8.1)

125 (91.9)

136 (80.3)

 

ICU

5 (9.1)

50 (90.9)

55 (23.1)

0.48

Underlying disease

Yes

13 (11.4)

101 (88.6)

114 (47.9)

0.11

No

7 (5.6)

117 (94.4)

124 (52.1)

 

Urinary Catheterization

Yes

9 (7.4)

112 (92.6)

121 (50.8)

 

No

11 (9.4)

106 (90.6)

117 (49.2)

0.59

Intravenous Catheterization

Yes

20 (9.0)

201 (91.0)

221 (92.9)

0.37

No

0 (0)

17 (100)

17 (7.1)

 

Previous antibiotics

Yes

14 (9.0)

141 (91.0)

155 (65.1)

0.633

No

6 (7.2)

77 (92.8)

83 (34.9)

 

Previous surgery

Yes

5 (10.2)

44 (89.8)

49 (20.6)

0.61

No

15 (7.9)

174 (92.1)

189 (79.4)

 

Total

 

20 (8.4)

218 (91.6)

238 (100)

 

Mean Age of participants

24.9

29.6

 

0.035

Duration of hospitalization (days)

14.5

15.7

 

0.48

Duration of operation (Minutes)

180

155

 

0.04

Duration of catheterization (Days)

13.6

11.3

 

0.25