High Gastrointestinal Colonization Rate of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci among Hospitalized Patients: Potential Source for Resistant Gene
Table 5
Bivariable and multivariate analysis of factors associated with VRE colonization rate among patients admitted HUCSH, Sidama Regional State, Ethiopia, 2021.
Variables
Category
VRE n (%)
COR (95% CI)
value
AOR (95% CI)
value
Positive
Negative
Sex
Male
10 (8.1)
113 (91.9)
1.681 (0.555, 5.090)
0.358
Female
5 (5.0)
95 (95.0)
1
Residence
Rural
9 (11.7)
68 (88.3)
3.088 (1.056, 9.029)
0.039
2.139 (0.544, 8.415)
0.276
Urban
6 (4.1)
140 (95.9)
1
Educational status
No formal education
9 (13.8)
56 (86.2)
4.071 (1.386, 11.959)
0.011
4.258 (1.004, 18.057)
0.049
Elementary and above
6 (3.8)
152 (96.2)
1
1
Length of hospitalization
≤2 weeks
8 (4.2)
183 (95.8)
1
1
>2 weeks
7 (21.9)
25 (78.1)
6.405 (2.138, 19.186)
0.001
4.104 (1.082, 15.573)
0.038
Patient relocated from one unit to other
Yes
6 (5.9)
95 (94.1)
1
No
9 (7.4)
113 (92.6)
1.261 (0.433, 3.671)
0.670
Admission in ICU
No
9 (4.7)
182 (95.3)
1
1
Yes
6 (18.8)
26 (81.3)
4.667 (1.535, 14.185)
0.007
3.908 (0.936, 16.320)
0.062
History of treatment outside this hospital
No
6 (4.7)
121 (95.3)
1
1
Yes
9 (9.4)
87 (90.6)
2.086 (0.716, 6.077)
0.178
1.882 (0.544, 6.508)
0.318
History of treatment with vancomycin
No
6 (4.0)
143 (96.0)
1
1
Yes
9 (12.2)
65 (87.8)
3.300 (1.128, 9.657)
0.029
4.765 (1.255, 18.093)
0.022
AOR: adjusted odd ratio, ICU: intensive care unit, CI: confidence interval, COR: crude odd ratio, VRE: vancomycin-resistant enterococci.
