Table 3.
Antibiotic resistance in relation to background characteristics of the 421 S. pneumoniae carriers.
| Characteristics Total number of carrier in bracket |
Percentage of resistant strains among total carriers within each category | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TET† | PEN G† (AMX, AMP) |
PEN V† | CTX† | SXT† | ERY† | CIP† | MDR† | |
| Sex | ||||||||
| - FemaleR (187) | 68* | 5 | 72 | 3 | 78 | 67 | 25 | 56 |
| - Male (234) | 80* (**) | 3 | 77 | 1 | 79 | 72 | 31 | 63 |
| Age | ||||||||
| - 6-23 monthsR (217) | 75 | 4 | 76 | 3 | 78 | 73 | 27 | 61 |
| - 24-60 months (204) | 74 | 2 | 74 | 2 | 78 | 67 | 29 | 59 |
| Region | ||||||||
| - LowlandR (145) | 77 | 2 | 78 | 0* | 74* | 68* | 32 | 55* |
| - Highland (146) | 72 | 6 | 77 | 5* | 74* | 64* | 24 | 56* |
| - Mountains (130) | 75 | 4 | 69 | 2* | 88* (**) | 78* | 29 | 70* (**) |
| Economic status | ||||||||
| - Under averageR (203) | 79 | 5 | 76 | 3 | 80 | 72 | 31 | 61 |
| - Average or upper (218) | 71 | 3 | 74 | 1 | 76 | 68 | 26 | 59 |
| Prior antibiotic use | ||||||||
| - NoR (183) | 73 | 3 | 68* | 0.5* | 73* | 67 | 26 | 56 |
| - Yes (238) | 76 | 5 | 80*(**) | 3* | 82*(**) | 72 | 30 | 63 |
| Total (421) | 75 | 4 | 75 | 2 | 78 | 70 | 28 | 60 |
* p < 0.05: significant different between groups using χ2 test.
** Significant difference between group vs. reference using multiple logistic regression analysis.
R Reference groups in multiple logistic regression analysis
† TET: tetracycline, PEN G: benzylpenicillin, AMX: amoxicillin, AMP: ampicillin, PEN V: phenoxymethylpenicillin, CTX: cefotaxime, SXT: co-trimoxazole, ERY: erythromycin, CIP: ciprofloxacin, MDR: multidrug-resistant.