Bacterial Isolates and Antibacterial Resistance Patterns in a Patient with Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in a Tertiary Teaching Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia
Table 8
Bivariate and multivariable analysis of factors associated with sputum culture positivity among patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at JUMC, southwest, Ethiopia, 2019.
Variables
Culture positive
COR (95% CI)
value
AOR (95% CI)
value
Yes n (%)
No n (%)
Age, year
36–49
50–64
10 (52.6)
9 (47.4)
>65
16 (84.2)
3 (15.6)
4.8 (1.04–22.10)
0.044
3.7 (0.67–19.99)
0.134
Residence
Urban
9 (64.3)
5 (35.7)
Rural
18 (72)
7 (28)
1.4 (0.35–5.79)
0.617
Inhalant steroid use
No
8 (57.1)
6 (42.9)
Yes
19 (76)
6 (24)
2 (0.50–7.99)
0.333
Systemic steroid use
No
12 (5.6)
10 (45.4)
Yes
15 (88.2)
2 (11.7)
6.3 (1.14–34.12)
0.034
4.6 (0.75–27.69)
0.142
Exacerbation experience in the previous year
≤1
11 (40.7)
10 (83.3)
≥2
16 (59.3)
2 (16.7)
7.3 (1.33–39.86)
0.022
6.6 (1.06–38.73)
0.037
AECOPD: acute exacerbation of the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COR = crude odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; AOR = adjusted odds ratio; and statically significant.
