Table 4.
Associated Factors in Patients with Positive Cultures
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Patient factors associated with positive culture for staphylococci |
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| CPS-MS n (%) | CPS-MR n (%) | P | CNS-MS n (%) | CNS-MR n (%) | P | n (%) | |
| Total cultures (n) | 25 | 4 | 20 | 28 | 77 | ||
| Exposure categories | 8 (32) | 3 (75) | 0.27 | 8 (40) | 4 (14.28) | 0.09 | 23 (29.87) |
| Health worker | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Home health care | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Living with health worker | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Hospitalization up to a year before the culture | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | ||
| Use of medical devices | 4 (16) | 1 (25) | 0.78 | 0 (0) | 1 (3.57) | 0.86 | 6 (7.79) |
| Probes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Use of contact lenses | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Systemic diseases | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 2 (7.14) | 0.62 | 2 (2.59) | |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Ophthalmological diseases associated | 8 (32) | 1 (25) | 0.76 | 9 (45) | 10 (35.7) | 0.72 | 28 (36.36) |
| Blepharitis | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Glaucoma | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dry eye | 7 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 23 | ||
| Ocular allergy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||