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Table 6 Risk factor associated with bacterial cause of blood stream infections among patients referred to Clinical Bacteriology and Mycology reference laboratory

From: Bacterial and fungal profile, drug resistance pattern and associated factors of isolates recovered from blood samples of patients referred to Ethiopian Public Health Institute: cross-sectional study

Characteristics

Categories

Bacterial infection

Pce

Kpn

Scn

Number (%)

AOR

P value

AOR

P value

AOR

P value

AOR

P value

Sex (ref = male)

Female

74 (58.70)

2.05

0.007

0.76

0.424

1.72

0.241

2.68

0.007

Male

86 (39.09)

        

Age (ref = adult)

Infant (< 1 year)

124 (66.67)

5.69

0.000

 

0.984

2.29

0.184

1.98

0.125

Children (1–17)

5 (18.52)

0.66

0.456

1.11

0.999

1.06

0.959

0.67

0.627

Adult (18–64)

28 (23.93)

        

Elderly (> 64)

3 (18.75)

0.62

0.484

1.04

0.999

1.61

0.682

0.57

0.617

Place of residence (ref = rural)

Urban

71 (52.59)

0.82

0.458

0.80

0.51

0.57

0.594

0.71

0.359

Rural

89 (42.18)

        

Surgery (ref = no)

Yes

25 (35.71)

0.86

0.465

1.59

0.371

1.64

0.41

0.71

0.538

Ever admitted (ref = no)

Yes

46 (36.8)

0.82

0.652

0.30

0.006

0.75

0.59

2.64

0.012

SEPSIS (ref = no)

Yes

93 (55.03)

0.97

0.899

0.70

0.304

1.07

0.888

0.94

0.878

Utilization of complicated devices (ref = no)

Yes

99 (52.66)

2.24

0.003

3.52

0.000

1.39

0.508

0.69

0.329

  1. Pce—Burkolderia cepacia; Scn—Coagulase negative staphylococcus; Kpn—Klebsiella pneumoniae