Microbiological analysis of nosocomial pneumonia at Tanta University Chest Hospital

The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology

Table 6 Logistic regression analysis for the most important predictors of MDR HAP

Variable in HAP (N = 50)	Univariate				Multivariate
Variable in HAP (N = 50)	Odd ratio	95.0% CI for odd ratio		p-value	Odd ratio	95.0% CI for odd ratio		p-value
Immunosuppressive drugs	5.833	0.484	20.244	0.165
Systemic steroid therapy	2.250	0.613	8.254	0.221
Inhaled steroid therapy	0.885	0.194	4.047	0.875
Hospitalization of > 2 days in last month	6.800	1.082	42.730	0.041*	2.000	0.260	15.381	0.505
Hospitalization of ≥ 5 days prior NP occurrence	3.665	0.874	15.373	0.076
Intravenous antibiotic use within last 3 months	8.750	2.156	35.507	0.002*	7.000	1.498	32.720	0.013*

CI confidence interval, MDR-HAP multidrug-resistant-hospital-acquired pneumonia, NP nosocomial pneumonia
^*P-value is significant if < 0.05