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Table 3 Factors associated with neonatal bacteremia in critical care units

From: Bacteremia in critical care units at Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania: the role of colonization and contaminated cots and mothers’ hands in cross-transmission of multidrug resistant Gram-negative bacteria

Variable

All participants

Bacteremia by GNB

Univariate

Multivariate

N = 59 (%)

P value

OR [95%CI]

P value

Sex (N= 200)

 Females

95

28 (29.5)

0.994

1.01 [0.54-1.88]

0.972

 Males

105

31 (29.5)

Unit (N= 200)

 Neonatology unit

116

33 (28.5)

0.702

1.13 [0.60-2.11]

0.700

 Neonatal ICU

84

26 (30.9)

Length of hospital stay at enrolment (N= 200)

 <48 hours

143

37 (25.9)

0.075

1.80 [0.94-3.46]

0.077

 >48 hours

57

22 (39.3)

Livestock keeping at home (N= 200)

 No

163

48 (29.5)

0.973

1.02 [0.41-2.53]

0.968

 Yes

37

11 (29.7)

Keeping pet* at home (N= 200)

 No

126

37 (29.4)

0.956

0.98 [0.47-2.07]

0.973

 Yes

74

22 (29.7)

Source of water (N= 200)

 Both

11

7 (63.6)

0.038

2.12 [0.88-5.09]

0.040

 Open sources

14

4 (28.6)

 Tap water

175

48 (27.4)

Body temperature (N= 200)

 Normal

165

44 (26.7)

0.056

1.55 [0.95-2.55]

0.081

 Hypo/hyperthermia

35

15 (42.9)

On antibiotic during sampling (N= 200)

 No

25

10 (40.0)

0.218

0.50 [0.18-1.37]

0.180

 Yes

175

49 (28.9)

Presence of invasive device (N= 200)

 No

34

10 (29.4)

0.990

0.94 [0.36-2.49]

0.909

 Yes

166

49 (29.5)

Number of invasive devices (N= 200)

 ≤1

122

42 (34.4)

0.058

2.52 [1.08-5.85]

0.031

 ≥2

78

17 (21.8)

Prematurity status (N= 200)

 No

56

21 (37.5)

0.124

0.59 [0.30-1.17]

0.135

 Yes

144

38 (26.4)

Resuscitation (N= 192)

 No

64

17 (26.6)

0.734

0.78 [0.35-1.79]

0.569

 Yes

128

37 (28.9)

Poor feeding (N= 192)

 No

59

14 (23.7)

0.368

1.07 [0.41-2.85]

0.885

 Yes

133

40 (30.1)

Convulsion (N= 192)

 No

185

50 (27.0)

0.082

4.60 [0.88-23.78]

0.069

 Yes

7

4 (57.1)

Paleness (N= 200)

 No

178

52 (29.2)

0.801

1.29 [0.48-3.53]

0.607

 Yes

22

7 (31.8)

Jaundice (N= 200)

 Negative

136

34 (25.0)

0.043

2.10 [1.07-4.14]

0.031

 Positive

64

25 (39.1)

Cyanosis (N= 200)

 Negative

147

34 (23.1)

<0.001

3.13 [1.51-6.51]

0.002

 Positive

53

25 (47.2)

Nasal flaring (N= 200)

 Negative

89

24 (26.9)

0.482

0.86 [0.42-1.76]

0.688

 Positive

111

35 (31.5)

Chest indrawing (N= 200)

 Negative

122

31 (25.4)

0.114

1.83 [0.94-3.57]

0.076

 Positive

78

28 (35.9)

Discharging umbilicus (N= 200)

 Negative

140

40 (28.6)

0.660

1.55 [0.755-3.18]

0.232

 Positive

60

19 (31.7)

Rectal colonization (N= 200)

 Negative

114

28 (24.6)

0.079

1.82 [0.93-3.57]

0.079

 Positive

86

31 (36.1)

Cot contamination (N= 200)

 Negative

136

32 (23.5)

0.008

2.39 [1.26-4.55]

0.008

 Positive

64

27 (42.2)

Mother’s hand contamination (N= 200)

 Negative

163

49 (30.1)

0.715

0.84 [0.36-1.93]

0.684

 Positive

37

10 (27.0)

Maternal fever during pregnancy (N= 200)

 No

105

23 (21.9%)

   

 Yes

95

36 (37.9%)

0.013

2.17 [1.17-4.05]

0.014

Outcome (N= 200)

 Discharge

182

52 (28.6)

0.363

1.63 [0.57-4.57]

0.355

 Death

18

7 (38.9)