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Table 3 Univariate and multivariate analysis of risk factors associated with febrile urinary tract infection caused by multidrug-resistant organisms

From: Characteristics of febrile urinary tract infections in older male adults

Characteristicsa

MDRO infection (nā€‰=ā€‰135)

Non-MDRO infection (nā€‰=ā€‰414)

P value2

OR (95% CI)

P value3

Older males

98 (72.6)

228 (55.1)

<ā€‰ 0.001

Ā Ā 

Previous hospital admission

46 (34.1)

81 (19.6)

0.001

Ā Ā 

Long term care facility

23 (17)

22 (5.3)

<ā€‰ 0.001

2.4 (1.06ā€“5.9)

0.037

IV home-day hospital treatment

1 (0.7)

12 (2.9)

0.2

Ā Ā 

Specialized nursing care

2 (1.5)

5 (1.2)

0.68

Ā Ā 

Indwelling urethral catheter

29 (21.5)

46 (11.1)

0.002

Ā Ā 

ā€ƒLong-term IUC

21 (15.6)

19 (4.6)

<ā€‰ 0.001

Ā Ā 

ā€ƒShort-term IUC

8 (5.9)

27 (6.5)

0.8

Ā Ā 

Invasive urinary Instrumentation

38 (28.1)

69 (16.7)

0.003

Ā Ā 

Dementia

27 (20)

36 (8.7)

<ā€‰ 0.001

Ā Ā 

Diabetes mellitus

40 (29.6)

106 (25.6)

0.36

Ā Ā 

Chronic kidney failure

16 (11.9)

37 (8.9)

0.32

Ā Ā 

Cirrhosis

2 (1.5)

7 (1.7)

1

Ā Ā 

Neoplasia

22 (16.3)

57 (13.8)

0.46

Ā Ā 

Heart failure

4 (3)

4 (1)

0.1

Ā Ā 

Chronic obstructive lung disease

30 (22.2)

70 (16.9)

0.16

Ā Ā 

Immunosuppressive or corticosteroid treatment

1 (0.7)

10 (2.4)

0.31

Ā Ā 

Previous UTI

74 (62.2)

148 (40.1)

<ā€‰ 0.001

Ā Ā 

Urinary tract abnormality

100 (74.6)

236 (57)

<ā€‰ 0.001

2.2 (1.2ā€“3.8)

0.006

Previous antibiotic treatment

71 (53)

107 (26)

<ā€‰ 0.001

3.2 (1.9ā€“5.4)

<ā€‰ 0.001

  1. Abbreviations: CI Confidence interval, IUC Indwelling urinary catheter, MDRO Multidrug-resistant organisms, OR Odds ratio, UTI Urinary tract infections
  2. aData presented as numbers of patients (percentages).2Univariate analysis.3Multivariate analysis