Table 2.
Inverse association of bacterial colonization in the nasopharynx of children.
| S. aureus | S. pneumoniae | H. influenzae | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of isolates | No. (%) | OR† (95% CI) | P value¶ | No. (%) | OR (95% CI) | P value | No. (%) | OR (95% CI) | P value | ||
| S. aureus |
Positive Negative |
63 206 |
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| S. pneumoniae |
Positive Negative |
58 211 |
6 (10.3) 57 (27.0) |
0.31 (0.13-0.77 ) | 0.008 | - | |||||
| H. influenzae |
Positive Negative |
49 220 |
3 (4.8) 46 (22.3) |
0.17 (0.05-0.58 ) | 0.002 |
8 (13.8) 41 (19.4) |
0.66 (0.29-1.51) | 0.325 | - |
†OR, odd ratio.
¶P value was determined from logistic regression model. A significant difference is indicated by a number in bold.