Table 4.
Factors associated with wound infection after snake envenoming (multivariate analysis).
| Univariate Analysis | Multivariate Analysis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Wound Infection (n = 55) |
Without Wound Infection (n = 117) |
p | OR | 95% CI | p |
| Blisters | 14 (25.5%) | 8 (6.8%) | 0.001 | 2.812 | 0.909–8.697 | 0.073 |
| Thrombocytopenia | 25 (45.5%) | 24 (20.5%) | 0.001 | 3.374 | 1.594–7.163 | 0.002 |
| Necrosis | 17 (30.9%) | 4 (3.4%) | <0.001 | 13.15 | 4.042–42.841 | <0.001 |
| Rhabdomyolysis | 26 (47.3%) | 28 (23.9%) | 0.002 | 2.294 | 1.015–5.187 | 0.046 |
| Grade 2 | 21 (38.2%) | 39 (33.3%) | 0.035 | 1.947 | 0.822–4.615 | 0.130 |
| Grade 3 | 20 (36.4%) | 18 (15.4%) | <0.001 | 0.875 | 0.263–2.916 | 0.828 |
OR: odd ratio, 95% CI: 95% confidence interval.