Trend Analysis of Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Pathogens Causing Neonatal Sepsis at University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: A Retrospective Study

Table 3

Bivariate and multivariate analysis relationship between risk factors and bacterial isolates among neonates having sepsis at University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Referral Hospital, Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia, 2021.

Characteristics	Pos., N(%)	Neg., N(%)	COR (95% CI)	value	AOR (95% CI)	value
Sex
Male	287(53.5)	708(53.7)	0.99(0.81–1.22)	0.946	1.02(0.82–1.26)	0.883
Female	249(46.5)	610(46.3)	1		1
Age group
0–3 days	75(14)	248(19)	1		1
3–28 days	461(86)	1070(81)	1.42(1.08–1.89)	0.013	1.52(1.12–2.05)	0.007
Gestational age at birth
Preterm (<37 weeks)	278(52)	210(16)	5.7(4.54–7.11)	≤0.001	5.81(4.63–7.29)	≤0.001
Term (>37 weeks)	258(48)	1108(84)	1		1
Admitted wards
NICU	396(74)	1029(78)	0.64(0.37–1.08)	0.094	0.63(0.36–1.13)	0.121
N-wards	91(17)	192(14.6)	0.78(0.44–1.39)	0.404	0.92(0.49–1.72)	0.795
Pediatrics	23(4.3)	38(3)	1		1
Others	26(6)	59(4.4)	0.37(0.73–0.36)	0.370	0.80(0.38–1.69)	0.562

COR, crude odds ratio; AOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.