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. 2020 Oct 22;25(42):1900576. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.42.1900576

Table 3. Determinants, according to logistic regression analysis, of resistance to penicillin (MIC > 1 mg/L), cefixime (MIC > 0.125 mg/L), azithromycin (ECOFF > 1 mg/L) and ciprofloxacin (MIC > 0.06 mg/L) in Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from primary healthcare units and Drassanes-Vall d’Hebron sexually transmitted infection unit, Barcelona, Spain, 2013–2017 (n = 2,036).

Variable Number of resistant isolates Total isolates tested % Univariable Multivariable Number
of resistant isolates
Total isolates tested % Univariable Multivariable
OR (95%CI) p value OR (95%CI) p value OR (95%CI) p value OR (95%CI) p value
Antibiotic Penicillin Cefimixime
Year
2013 92 327 28.1 1 (ref) 0.0000 1 (ref) 0.0000 27 327 8.3 1 (ref) 0.0064 1 (ref) 0.0073
2014 88 339 26.0 0.93 (0.66–1.33) 0.97 (0.68–1.38) 18 339 5.3 0.63 (0.33–1.20) 0.67 (0.35–1.29)
2015 73 339 21.5 0.73 (0.51–1.05) 0.70 (0.49–1.01) 5 339 1.5 0.19 (0.07–0.50) 0.20 (0.07–0.52)
2016 76 408 18.6 0.61 (0.42–0.86) 0.59 (0.42–0.85) 23 408 5.6 0.60 (0.32–1.12) 0.61 (0.32–1.16)
2017 70 572 12.2 0.34 (0.24–0.49) 0.33 (0.23–0.47) 25 572 4.4 0.43 (0.23–0.80) 0.43 (0.23–0.80)
Total 399 1,985 NA NA NA NA NA 98 1,985 NA NA NA NA NA
Sex
Male 388 1,895 20.5 1 (ref) 0.1786 1 (ref) 0.1067 88 1,896 4.6 1 (ref) 0.0074 1 (ref) 0.0303
Female 11 88 12.5 0.55 (0.23–1.31) 0.49 (0.20–1.17) 10 87 11.5 3.36 (1.38–8.16) 2.72 (1.10–6.72)
Total 399 1,983a NA NA NA NA NA 98 1,983a NA NA NA NA NA
Clinical setting
DVHSTI (n = 1,340b) 242 1,303 18.6 1 (ref) 0.0041 1 (ref) 0.0006 46 1,303 3.5 1 (ref) 0.0064 1 (ref) 0.0050
PH (n = 579b) 138 566 24.4 1.41 (1.12–1.79) 1.53 (1.20–1.95) 36 565 6.4 1.86 (1.19–2.92) 1.91 (1.22–3.01)
Total 380c 1,869c NA NA NA NA NA 82c 1,868c NA NA NA NA NA
Antibiotic Azithromycin Ciprofloxacin
Year
2013 11 322 3.4 1 (ref) 0.5295 1 (ref) 0.5939 162 325 49.8 1 (ref) 0.0771 1 (ref) 0.0846
2014 5 340 1.5 0.42 (0.15–1.23) 0.45 (0.15–1.30) 167 340 49.1 1.01 (0.74–1.39) 1.06 (0.77–1.45)
2015 7 339 2.1 0.60 (0.23–1.57) 0.60 (0.23–1.57) 192 338 56.8 1.45 (1.06–1.99) 1.44 (1.05–1.98)
2016 12 408 2.9 0.81 (0.34–1.89) 0.81 (0.35–1.90) 213 407 52.3 1.11 (0.82–1.50) 1.11 (0.82–1.50)
2017 17 572 3 0.87 (0.40–1.88) 0.85 (0.39–1.84) 284 576 49.3 1.002 (0.758–1.325) 0.98 (0.74–1.30)
Total 52 1,981 NA NA NA NA NA 1,018 1,986 51.3 NA NA NA NA
Sex
Male 50 1,891 2.6 1 (ref) 0.5410 1 (ref) 0.6184 965 1,896 50.9 1 (ref) 0.9312 1 (ref) 0.9832
Female 2 88 2.2 1.57 (0.37–6.65) 1.45 (0.34–6.22) 53 88 60.2 0.98 (0.55–1.73) 0.99 (0.56–1.77)
Total 52 1,979a NA NA NA NA 1,018 1,984a NA NA NA NA NA
Clinical setting
DVHSTI (n = 1,340b) 28 1,302 2.2 1 (ref) 0.0207 1 0.0272 612 1,303 47.0 1 0.0000 1 (ref) 0.0000
PH (n = 579b) 23 563 4.1 1.94 (1.11–3.39) 1.89 (1.07–3.31) 332 567 58.6 1.63 (1.34–1.99) 1.63 (1.33–1.99)
Total 51c 1,865c NA NA NA NA NA 944c 1,870c NA NA NA NA NA

CI: confidence interval; DVHSTI: Drassanes-Vall d’Hebron sexually transmitted infection unit; ECOFF: epidemiological cut-off value; MIC: minimum inhibitory concentration; NA: not applicable; OR: odds ratio; PH: primary healthcare unit.

a There are two patients for whom sex is not known.

b Number of isolates received by the setting.

c Isolates from Vall d’Hebron University Hospital are not included in the statistical analyses relating to clinical setting.