Microbiological analysis of nosocomial pneumonia at Tanta University Chest Hospital

The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology

Table 8 Logistic regression analysis for the most important predictors of MDR-VAP

Variable in VAP (N = 50)	Univariate
Variable in VAP (N = 50)	Odd ratio	95.0% CI for odd ratio		p-value
Immunosuppressive drugs	0.343	0.017	6.865	0.484
Systemic steroid	1.493	0.340	6.556	0.595
Inhaled steroid	3.500	0.865	14.155	0.079
Hospitalization of > 2 days in last months	2.185	0.239	19.940	0.489
Hospitalization of ≥ 5 days prior NP occurrence	1.078	0.281	4.139	0.912
Intravenous antibiotic use within last 3 months	10.333	2.220	48.092	0.003*

CI confidence interval, MDR-VAP multidrug-resistant-ventilator-associated pneumonia, NP nosocomial pneumonia
^*P-value is significant if < 0.05