Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: The Magnitude and Risk Factors among Patients Admitted to Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Table 2
Factors associated with MRSA among patients admitted to Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from January 2018 to January 2019 (n = 160).
Variables
MRSA (35.6%)
Yes, n = 57
Cor (95% CI)
AOR (95% CI)
Age
≤18
17 (27.0%)
1.00
1.00
19–29
9 (42.9%)
2.03 (0.73, 5.67)
5.02 (1.24, 20.35)
30–39
14 (50.0%)
2.71 (1.07, 6.83)
6.65 (1.78, 24.78)
40–49
7 (31.8%)
1.26 (0.44, 3.63)
2.07 (0.52, 8.23)
≥50
10 (38.5%)
1.69 (0.64, 4.45)
3.33 (0.93, 11.91)
Sex
Male
35 (39.3%)
1.00
Female
22 (31.0%)
0.69 (0.36, 1.34)
Ward
Orthopedics
4 (11.8%)
1.00
1.00
Gynecology
4 (33.3%)
3.75 (0.77, 18.39)
3.26 (0.53, 20.10)
Hematology
16 (50.0%)
7.50 (2.14, 26.24)
7.80 (1.82, 33.49)
Surgery
15 (40.5%)
5.11 (1.49, 17.54)
3.60 (0.84, 15.42)
Pediatrics
8 (40.0%)
5.00 (1.27, 19.76)
10.54 (1.78, 62.42)
ICU
10 (40.0%)
5.00 (1.34, 18.62)
2.34 (0.51, 10.65)
Specimen
Blood
26 (38.2%)
1.00
Pus
31 (33.7%)
0.82 (0.43, 1.58)
Current or past history of IV lines’ usage
Yes
55 (36.2%)
1.70 (0.33, 8.72)
No
2 (25.0%)
1.00
Presence of chronic wound infections
Yes
20 (35.7%)
1.01 (0.51, 1.98)
No
37 (35.6%)
1.00
Contact with pets
Yes
51 (36.7%)
1.45 (0.53, 3.97)
No
6 (28.6%)
1.00
History of blood transfusion
Yes
38 (35.5%)
0.99 (0.49, 1.96)
No
19 (35.8%)
1.00
Last six-month admission history
Yes
40 (34.8%)
0.88 (0.43, 1.79)
No
17 (37.8%)
1.00
Hospital admission length in weeks
≤ a week
52 (37.1%)
1.00
> a week
5 (25.0%)
0.56 (0.19, 1.64)
Types of nosocomial infections
Bloodstream infection
26 (38.2%)
1.22 (0.63, 2.34)
Surgical site infection
31 (33.7%)
1.00
Prognosis of the infections
Good
15 (16.3%)
1.00
1.00
Poor
42 (61.8%)
8.23 (3.96, 17.35)
10.97 (4.57, 26.36)
Good prognosis indicates recovery without complications, poor prognosis indicates recovery with complications or death, COR indicates the crude odds ratio, and AOR indicates the adjusted odds ratio. value <0.05 was considered statistically significant.
