Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: The Magnitude and Risk Factors among Patients Admitted to Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Table 1

Magnitude of MRSA among patients admitted to Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from January 2018 to January 2019 (n = 160).

Variables		MRSA
		Yes		No
		N (57)	% (35.6)	N (103)	% (64.4)
Age	≤18	17	27.0	46	73.0
	19–29	9	42.9	12	57.1
	30–39	14	50.0	14	50.0
	40–49	7	31.8	15	68.2
	≥50	10	38.5	16	61.5
Sex	Male	35	39.3	54	60.7
	Female	22	31.0	49	69.0
Ward	Orthopedics	4	11.8	30	88.2
	Gynecology	4	33.3	8	66.7
	Hematology	16	50.0	16	50.0
	Surgery	15	40.5	22	59.5
	Pediatrics	8	40.0	12	60.0
	Intensive care unit	10	40.0	15	60.0
Specimen	Blood	26	38.2	42	61.8
	Pus	31	33.7	61	66.3
Current or past history of IV lines’ usage	Yes	55	36.2	97	63.8
	No	2	25.0	6	75.0
Presence of chronic wound infections	Yes	20	35.7	36	64.3
	No	37	35.6	67	64.4
Contact with pets	Yes	51	36.7	88	63.3
	No	6	28.6	15	71.4
History of blood transfusion	Yes	38	35.5	69	64.5
	No	19	35.8	34	64.2
Last six-month admission history	Yes	40	34.8	75	65.2
	No	17	37.8	28	62.2
Hospital admission length in weeks	≤ a week	52	37.1	88	62.9
	> a week	5	25.0	15	75.0
Types of nosocomial infections	Bloodstream infection	26	38.2	42	61.8
	Surgical site infection	31	33.7	61	66.3
Prognosis of the infections	Recovery without complications	15	16.3	77	83.7
	Recovery with complications	34	57.6	25	42.4
	Death	8	88.9	1	11.1