Table 7 Analysis of epidemiologic risk factors for S. aureus and MRSA nasal carriage among prisoners, Jimma town, 2011
Risk factors | Staphylococcus N=50 | P | Methicilin-resistant S. aureus n=25 | p | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
S.aureus | CNS | Positive | Negative | |||||
Age | 18-25 | No. | 20 | 9 | 0.005 | 9 | 11 | 0.787 |
% | 80.0 | 36.0 | 75.0 | 84.6 | ||||
26-35 | No. | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | |||
% | 8.0 | 36.0 | 8.3 | 7.7 | ||||
36-45 | No. | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | |||
% | 12.0 | 28.0 | 16.7 | 7.7 | ||||
Sex | Male | No. | 25 | 25 | - | 12 | 13 | - |
% | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | ||||
Previous hospitalization in the past 1 year | Present | No. | 5 | 2 | 0.417 | 2 | 3 | 1.00 |
% | 20 | 8 | 16.7 | 23.1 | ||||
Absent | No. | 20 | 23 | 10 | 10 | |||
% | 80. | 92 | 83.3 | 76.9 | ||||
Antibiotic usage in the past 4 weeks | Present | No. | 7 | 6 | 0.5 | 6 | 1 | 0.030 |
% | 28 | 24 | 50 | 7.7 | ||||
Absent | No. | 18 | 19 | 6 | 12 | |||
% | 72 | 76 | 50 | 92.3 | ||||
Extent of usage of subscribed antibiotics | Completed | No. | 5 | 6 | 0.209 | 4 | 1 | 1.00 |
% | 62.5 | 100 | 66.7 | 50 | ||||
Not-Completed | No. | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | |||
% | 37.5 | - | 33.3 | 50 | ||||
Having respiratory infection at time of study | Present | No. | 11 | 13 | 0.778 | 9 | 2 | 0.005 |
% | 44 | 52 | 75 | 15.4 | ||||
Absent | No. | 14 | 12 | 3 | 11 | |||
% | 56 | 48 | 25 | 84.6 | ||||
Number of prisoners in dormitory/room | 1-20 | No. | 1 | 3 | 0.048 | - | 1 | 0.034 |
% | 4 | 12 | - | 7.7 | ||||
21-40 | No. | 1 | 6 | - | 1 | |||
% | 4 | 24 | - | 7.7 | ||||
41-60 | No. | 4 | 6 | - | 4 | |||
% | 16 | 24 | - | 30.8 | ||||
>60 | No. | 19 | 10 | 12 | 7 | |||
% | 76 | 40 | 100 | 53.8 | ||||
Presence of hospital admitted patients in prisoner room(in the last 1yr) | Present | No. | 8 | 12 | 0.387 | 5 | 3 | 0.411 |
% | 32 | 48 | 41.7 | 23.1 | ||||
Absent | No. | 17 | 13 | 7 | 10 | |||
% | 68 | 52 | 58.3 | 76.9 | ||||