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Table 8 Relations between risk factors and Pseudomonas acquisition onset

From: Antibiotic resistance profiles and associated factors of Pseudomonas Infections among patients admitted to large tertiary care hospital from a developing country

Variables

Hospital-onset pseudomonas (%)

n = 67

Present on admission pseudomonas (%)

n = 118

P-valuea

Gender

   

 Male

 Female

37 (55.2)

30 (44.8%)

64 (54.2)

54 (45.8)

0.897 b

Age

42 [24–62]

55 [33-66.25]

0.035d

Diabetes mellitus

   

 Yes

20 (29.9)

35 (29.7)

0.978 b

 No

47 (70.1)

83 (70.3)

Cardiovascular disorders

   

 Yes

26 (38.8)

44 (37.3)

0.838 b

 No

41 (61.2)

74 (62.7)

Kidney diseases

   

 Yes

10 (14.9)

18 (15.3)

0.952 b

 No

57 (85.1)

100 (84.7)

Liver diseases

   

 Yes

7 (10.4)

7 (5.9)

0.264 b

 No

60 (89.6)

111 (94.1)

Solid malignancies

   

 Yes

18 (26.9)

40 (33.9)

0.322 b

 No

49 (73.1)

78 (66.1)

Hematological malignancies

   

 Yes

9 (13.4)

25 (21.2)

0.191 b

 No

58 (86.6)

93 (78.8)

Infection was the main cause of admission

   

 Yes

19 (28.4)

48 (40.7)

0.094 b

 No

48 (71.6)

70 (59.3)

Coronavirus disease 19

   

 Yes

2 (3.0)

4 (3.4)

0.999 c

 No

65 (97.0)

114 (96.6)

Surgeries in the last 3 months

   

 Yes

32 (47.8)

44 (37.3)

0.164b

 No

35 (52.2)

74 (62.7)

History of antibiotics use in the last 3 months

   

 Yes

52 (77.6)

79 (66.9)

0.125 b

 No

15 (22.4)

39 (33.1)

Intubation/ventilation

   

 Yes

29 (43.3)

7 (5.9)

< 0.001b

 No

38 (56.7)

111 (94.1)

Central line catheter

   

 Yes

34 (50.7)

15 (12.7)

< 0.001b

 No

33 (49.3)

103 (87.3)

On dialysis

   

Yes

7 (10.4)

6 (5.1)

0.170 b

No

60 (89.6)

112 (94.9)

Foley catheter

   

 Yes

37 (55.2)

22 (18.8)

< 0.001b

 No

30 (44.8)

95 (81.2)

Neutropenia on admission

   

 Yes

8 (11.9)

18 (15.3)

0.533b

 No

59 (88.1)

100 (84.7)

Multidrug-resistantpseudomonas

   

 Yes

42 (62.7)

66 (55.9)

0.370

 No

25 (37.7)

52 (44.1)

  1. a The bold values indicate p < 0.05
  2. b Statistical significance values calculated using Pearson chi-square test
  3. c Statistical significance values calculated using Fisher’s exact test
  4. d Statistical significance values calculated using Mann Whitney test