Table 2 Frequency of AMR and MDR by age among commensal E. coli strains isolated from children in Khuzestan and Fars provinces
Age (Year) | Total number | CHLa N (%) | NAa N (%) | AMPa N (%) | TETa N (%) | KAN N (%) | CTXa N (%) | CAZa N (%) | STRa N (%) | SXT a N (%) | CIP N (%) | GEN N (%) | IMP N (%) | MEN N (%) | MDRa N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0–1 | 130 | 7 (5.4) | 33 (25.4) | 47 (36.1) | 28 (21.5) | 7 (5.4) | 31 (23.8) | 27 (20.8) | 27 (20.8) | 32 (24.6) | 20 (15.4) | 6 (4.6) | 1 (0.8) | 1 (0.8) | 34 (26.1) |
1–2 | 144 | 12 (8.3) | 38 (26.4) | 60 (41.7) | 44 (30.5) | 8 (5.5) | 51 (35.4) | 41 (28.5) | 37 (25.7) | 45 (31.2) | 14 (9.7) | 3 (2) | 1 (0.7) | 1 (0.7) | 47 (32.6) |
2–3 | 138 | 19 (13.8) | 53 (38.4) | 73 (52.9) | 51 (37) | 10 (7.2) | 69 (50) | 47 (34.05) | 44 (31.9) | 55 (40) | 28 (20.3) | 8 (5.8) | 4 (2.9) | 4 (2.9) | 65 (47.1) |
CI | – | 0.382–0.919 | 0.570–0.968 | 0.582–0.948 | 0.537–0.916 | – | 0.431–0.725 | 0.546–0.940 | 0.567–0.986 | 0.550–0.927 | – | – | – | – | 1.230–2.056 |
OR | – | 0.593 | 0.743 | 0.743 | 0.701 | – | 0.559 | 0.716 | 0.748 | 0.714 | – | – | – | – | 1.591 |
P-value | – | 0.019 | 0.028 | 0.017 | 0.009 | 0.521 | 0.001> | 0.016 | 0.039 | 0.011 | 0.247 | 0.609 | 0.162 | 0.162 | 0.001> |