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Table 1 Risk factors for infection with Enterobacteriaceae resistant to third-generation cephalosporins in 151 patients

From: Dissemination of IncF-type plasmids in multiresistant CTX-M-15-producing Enterobacteriaceae isolates from surgical-site infections in Bangui, Central African Republic

 

Presence (n = 65)

Absence (n = 86)

Univariate analysis

Crude OR

p

Age (years)

    

Mean

38.6

31.7

  

CI

34.6–42.7

28.9–34.5

1.03

0.04

Gender, %

Female

45.9

54.1

0.79

0.48

Preoperative antibiotic prophylaxisa, %

Yes

46.3

53.7

1.27

0.48

Postoperative antibiotic prophylaxisb, %

Yes

43.6

56.4

1.27

0.48

Surgery in past 12 months, %

Yes

45.0

55.0

1.14

0.69

Hospitalization in past 12 months, %

  

Yes

35.3

64.71

0.69

0.49

Altemeier wound class, %

1

42.7

57.3

 

0.93

2

44.4

55.6

  

3–4

42.8

57.2

  

American society of anesthesiologists physical status score, %

1

42.6

57.4

 

0.45

2

37.0

62.0

  

3

66.7

33.3

  

Length of operation, %

<30min

39.0

60.0

 

0.25

30 min–1 h

41.3

58.7

  

1–2 h

46.5

53.5

  

>2 h

75.0

25.0

  

Type of surgery, %

Urology

50.0

50.0

 

0.31

Orthopaedics

51.8

48.2

  

General surgery

34.6

65.4

  

Gynaecology

40.0

60.0

  

Delay between surgery and surgical-site infection (days), %

<15

43.8

56.2

 

0.83

≥15

43.0

57.0

  
  1. OR, odds ratio.
  2. aAntibiotics administered ≤ 60 min before the start of surgery.
  3. bAntibiotics administered immediately after surgery.