Prevalence and determinants of antimicrobial resistance of pathogens isolated from cancer patients in an intensive care unit in Alexandria, Egypt

Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association

Table 6 Adjusted effects of different studied risk factors for MDR in ICU cancer patients (n = 497)—multivariate analysis

Risk factors	Odds ratio	95% confidence interval		Sig
Risk factors	Odds ratio	Lower	Upper	Sig
Neutropenia^a	2.3	1.28	4.09	.005
Antibiotics within 3 months^a	1.8	1.22	2.59	.003
Received chemotherapy^a	1.5	1.01	2.18	.042
Metastasis	2.2	1.5	3.29	< .001*
Duration of hospital stay in days^a	1.05	1.02	1.07	< .001*
Constant	0.236