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Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007 Dec;55(12):1921–1926. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01468.x

Table 5. Colonization with Antibiotic-Resistant Organisms in Nursing Home Residents with and without Enteral Feeding Tubes.

Outcome	Enteral Tubes (n = 51)	Control Group (n = 100)	Crude OR	Adjusted OR (95% Confidence Interval CI)^*	P-Value

	n (%)
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus	31 (61)	29 (29)	3.4^†	2.6 (1.2–5.5)^†	.047^†

Vancomycin-resistant enterococci	4 (8)	9 (9)	0.8	0.9 (0.2–3.8)	.9

Ceftazidime-resistant gram-negative bacteria	13 (26)	5 (5)	7.2^†	7.1 (2.3–21.7)^†	<.001^†

^*

Adjusted for age, functional status, Charlson score, and residence.

^†

P < .05.

OR = odds ratio