[Table/Fig-4]:
Risk factors associated with VRE colonization among patients admitted to MICU(n=302) {Multivariate (adjusted) Logistic regression analysis}.
| Variables | VRE colonisation n=83(%) |
VRE not present N=219 (%) |
OR (95% -CI) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age in years [mean(SD)] |
37.9(13.9) | 41.6(13.4) | 0.97(0.97-0.95) | 0.035 |
| Vancomycin given | 49(35.3) | 129(79.1) | 1.78(1.0-3.15) | 0.048 |
| Vancomycin not given | 34(20) | 90(64.7) | 1 | |
| Ceftriaxone given | 64(32) | 136(68.0) | 2.08(1.09-3.97) | 0.025 |
| Ceftriaxone not given | 19 (18.6) | 83(81.4) | 1 | |
| Duration of current Hospital stay before specimen collection [Mean(SD)] |
8.20(5.2) | 4.50(2.9) | 1.24(1.16-1.33) | 0.001 |