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Table 1 Risk factors of MBL acquisition in burns unit

From: Persistence of related bla-IMP-4 metallo-beta-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae from clinical and environmental specimens within a burns unit in Australia - a six-year retrospective study

Risk factor

Bivariate analyses

Multivariate analysis

MBL

Controls

p

n = 23

n = 1,497

OR (95% CI)

p

median (p50)

Age (years)

62

38

<0.001

1.04

<0.001

TBSA (%)

20

4

<0.001

1.03

<0.001

LOS (days)

50

6

<0.001

1.02

<0.001

LOS v TBSA

correlation coefficient (r) =0.741

<0.001

 

LOS v age

correlation coefficient (r) =0.260

<0.001

TBSA v age

correlation coefficient (r) =0.009

0.622

  1. TBSA Total Burns Surface Area (as percentage of total body surface area); LOS length of stay.
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Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control

ISSN: 2047-2994

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