Prevalence and antibiotic resistance pattern of bacteria from sepsis suspected neonates at St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Table 4 Crude and adjusted odds ratio for the association of factors and sepsis among neonates at SPHMMC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from March to July 2020 (n = 400)

Variables		Total	BG (n = 84)	NGB (n = 316)	COR	(95% CI)	P-value	AOR	95%CI	P-value
Age	≤ 3 days	364	79	285	1
Age	> 3-28days	36	5	31	1.66	0.63–4.41	0.308
Sex	Male	246	56	190	1.32	0.79–2.21	0.274
Sex	Female	154	28	126	1
Medical device	No	4	2	2	1
Medical device	Yes	396	82	314	0.26	0.04–1.88	0.183
Birth Weight	< 2.5 kg	166	76	90	53.8	19.13-150.47	0.001	45.9	15.14-123.08	0.002
Birth Weight	≥ 2.5 kg	234	8	226	1
Newborn term	Preterm	118	65	53	19.1	10.52-134.68	0.001	18.2	6.83–27.54	0.004
Newborn term	Term	282	19	263	1
Maternal HIV status	Negative	385	75	310	1
Maternal HIV status	Positive	15	9	6	6.20	2.14–17.95	0.001	5.30	2.86–13.58	0.003
Maternal nutritional status	Malnutrition	14	6	8	2.96	0.99–8.78	0.050
Maternal nutritional status	Non-malnutrition	386	78	308	1
Maternal chronic disease	Yes	172	40	132	1.26	0.78–2.05	0.336
Maternal chronic disease	No	228	44	184
Outcome	Improved	372	76	296	0.64	0.27–1.51	0.311
Outcome	Died	28	8	20	1

COR = Crude odds ratio, AOR = Adjusted odds ratio, BG = Bacterial growth, NBG = No bacterial growth

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