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. 2019 Apr 1;2019:2965490. doi: 10.1155/2019/2965490

Table 3.

Multivariate analysis of MRSA and clinical factors from wound-infected patients attending Arba Minch Hospital, Arba Minch, South Ethiopia, April to June 2017.

Variable Negative no. (%) Positive no. (%) Crude OR (95% CI) p value Adjusted OR (95% CI) p value
Previous diseases
 Hypertension 6 (6.3) 11 (17.0) 2.638 (0.904–7.704) 0.076 2.72 (0.482–15.363) 0.257
 Tuberculosis 5 (5.2) 3 (4.6) 0.863 (0.195–3.815) 0.846 0.000 0.998
 Diabetes 10 (10.4) 10 (15.4) 1.439 (0.549–3.769) 0.459 0.686 (0.116–4.057) 0.678
 HIV/AIDS 16 (16.7) 0 0.000 0.998 0.000 0.998
 No chronic diseases 59 (61.4) 41 (63.1) 1.00 1.00

Type of wound
 Trauma 7 (7.3) 10 (15.4) 2 (0.650–6.151) 0.227 1.276 (0.095–17.211) 0.854
 Burn 9 (9.4) 13 (20.0) 2.02 (0.725–5.639) 0.178 13.752 (0.104–1815.1) 0.293
 Surgical site infection 34 (35.4) 19 (29.2) 0.782 (0.351–1.746) 0.549 0.320 (0.01–10.686) 0.525
 Abrasion and skin tear 28 (29.2) 20 (30.8) 1.00 1.00
 Others 18 (18.7) 3 (4.6) 0.233 (0.060–0.900) 0.035 0.000 0.998

Cause of wound
 Burn 10 (10.4) 14 (21.5) 2.864 (1.098–7.467) 0.031 0.226 (0.002–29.914) 0.550
 Surgery 35 (36.5) 19 (29.2) 1.110 (0.521–2.365) 0.786 0.140 (0.002–8.007) 0.341
 Gun shot 2 (2.1) 4 (6.2) 4.091 (0.095–24.07) 0.119 0.402 (0.014–15.418) 0.666
 Bite 0 3 (4.6) 0.000 0.999 0.000 0.999
 Injury 45 (47.0) 22 (33.8) 1.00 1.00
 Others 4 (4.2) 3 (4.6) 1.534 (0.316–7.458) 0.596 0.000 0.998

Site of wound
 Head 24 (25.0) 8 (12.3) 0.4 (0.139–1.147) 0.088 0.845 (0.137–5.205) 0.856
 Neck 5 (5.2) 5 (7.7) 1.2 (0.291–4.947) 0.801 21.405 (0.941–487.06) 0.06
 Abdomen 10 (10.4) 12 (18.5) 1.44 (0.487–4.255) 0.509 11.159 (0.733–169.916) 0.083
 Shoulder 5 (5.2) 4 (6.2) 0.96 (0.218–4.228) 0.957 1.540 (00.076–31.062 0.778
 Buttock 2 (2.1) 3 (4.6) 1.8 (0.265–12.228) 0.548 10.84 (0.436–269.42) 0.146
 Genitalia 2 (2.1) 4 (6.2) 2.4 (0.385–14.968) 0.349 75.202 (1.843–3068.17) 0.202
 Hand 18 (18.7) 15 (23.1) 1.00 1.00
 Leg 28 (29.2) 14 (21.5) 0.6 (0.235–1.534) 0.286 0.441 (0.082–2.368) 0.340
 Others 2 (2.1) 0 0.000 0.999 0.000 0.999

Hospital stay
 1 day 26 (27.1) 10 (15.4) 0.850 (0.343–2.109) 0.726 0.257 (0.054–1.217) 0.087
 2–4 day 42 (43.7) 19 (29.2) 1.00 1.00
 5–6 day 5 (5.2) 14 (21.5) 6.189 (1.948–19.66) 0.002 5.896 (1.063–32.698) 0.420
 >1 week 23 (24.0) 22 (33.8) 2.114 (0.953–4.692) 0.066 1.359 (0.376–4.918) 0.640

Previous wound infection
 Yes 47 (48.9) 50 (76.9) 1.00 1.00
 No 49 (51.1) 15 (23.1) 3.475 (1.722–7.013) 0.001 0.605 (0.173–2.121) 0.433