Antibiotic Resistance Profile of Staphylococcus aureus in Cancer Patients at Laquintinie Hospital in Douala, Littoral Region, Cameroon

Table 6

Association of prior exposure to antibiotic therapy in the last six months with multidrug resistance of Staphylococcus aureus following bivariate logistic regression analysis.

	MDR S. aureus () (%)	Non-MDR S. aureus () (%)	OR (95% CI)	value
Cancer patients
Previous exposure to antibiotic therapy	44 (65.67)	6 (42.85)	2.44 (0.51-11.63)	0.233
No previous exposure to antibiotic therapy	9 (13.43)	3 (21.42)
Noncancer patients
Previous exposure to antibiotic therapy	4 (5.97)	1 (7.14)	1.60 (0.13-19.09)	0.602
No previous exposure to antibiotic therapy	10 (14.92)	4 (28.57)

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; MDR: multidrug resistance; S. aureus: Staphylococcus aureus.