Table 4.
Bivariate distribution of patient characteristics according to their multidrug resistance status.
| Characteristic | MDR− N = 7141 (58.40%) |
MDR+ N = 5081 (41.60%) |
Overall N = 12221 (100%) |
p-value2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | 0.019 | |||
| Female | 328 (55%) | 265 (45%) | 593 (100%) | |
| Male | 366 (62%) | 224 (38%) | 590 (100%) | |
| Age | 40 (28,58) | 41 (28,62) | 41 (28,60) | 0.300 |
| Age group | 0.031 | |||
| Under 5 | 12 (44%) | 15 (56%) | 27 (100%) | |
| 5–14 | 33 (67%) | 16 (33%) | 49 (100%) | |
| 15–24 | 49 (51%) | 48 (49%) | 97 (100%) | |
| 25–44 | 280 (63%) | 162 (37%) | 442 (100%) | |
| 45–59 | 128 (61%) | 83 (39%) | 211 (100%) | |
| 60 + | 176 (55%) | 143 (45%) | 319 (100%) | |
| Hospitalization status | < 0.001 | |||
| Inpatient | 544 (55%) | 443 (45%) | 987 (100%) | |
| Outpatient | 170 (72%) | 65 (28%) | 235 (100%) | |
| Isolated bacteria | ||||
| Acinetobacter spp. | 27 (55%) | 22 (45%) | 49 (100%) | |
| Citrobacter spp. | 2 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (100%) | |
| Corynebacterium spp. | 2 (67%) | 1 (33%) | 3 (100%) | |
| Enterococcus spp. | 0 (0%) | 2 (100%) | 2 (100%) | |
| Enterobacter spp. | 31 (46%) | 36 (54%) | 67 (100%) | |
| Escherichia spp. | 89 (44%) | 112 (56%) | 201 (100%) | |
| Gardnerella spp. | 0 (0%) | 1 (100%) | 1 (100%) | |
| Klebsiella spp. | 171 (51%) | 163 (49%) | 334 (100%) | |
| Micrococcus spp. | 0 (0%) | 2 (100%) | 2 (100%) | |
| Moraxella spp. | 198 (75%) | 66 (25%) | 264 (100%) | |
| Pantoea spp. | 1 (50%) | 1 (50%) | 2 (100%) | |
| Photobacterium spp. | 0 (0%) | 1 (100%) | 1 (100%) | |
| Proteus spp. | 8 (57%) | 6 (43%) | 14 (100%) | |
| Providencia spp. | 1 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (100%) | |
| Pseudomonas spp. | 125 (81%) | 29 (19%) | 154 (100%) | |
| Raoultella spp. | 6 (55%) | 5 (45%) | 11 (100%) | |
| Salmonella spp. | 3 (60%) | 2 (40%) | 5 (100%) | |
| Serratia spp. | 3 (75%) | 1 (25%) | 4 (100%) | |
| Shewanella spp. | 1 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (100%) | |
| Sphingomonas spp. | 0 (0%) | 1 (100%) | 1 (100%) | |
| Staphylococcus spp. | 41 (44%) | 53 (56%) | 94 (100%) | |
| Streptococcus spp. | 5 (56%) | 4 (44%) | 9 (100%) | |
1n (%); Median (IQR); 2Pearson's Chi-squared test; Kruskal–Wallis rank sum test.