Risk factors for nosocomial rectal colonisation with carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacilli in children with haematological malignancies: a case-control study

Table 2 Independent risk factors for rectal colonisation with carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacillus in children with haematological malignancies – conditional logistic regression

Variables	cOR³ (95% CIs⁴)	aOR⁵ (95% CIs)	P-value
AML/ALL¹	4.15(1.36–12.68)	6.84(1.86–25.21)	0.004
Prior concomitant infections	4.95(1.41–17.34)	4.16(1.17–14.84)	0.028
Sepsis	2.03(0.94–4.41)	/	/
Oral mucositis	2.39(0.88–6.49)	/	/
Prior carbapenems usage within the last 1 month	2.54(1.37–4.73)	2.33(1.16–4.69)	0.018
Prior macrolides usage within the last 1 month	0.31(0.08–1.11)	/	/
Prior HSCT²	6.87(1.90-24.77)	7.46(1.81–30.67)	0.005

¹ AML: Acute myeloid leukemia/ALL:Acute lymphoblastic leukemia. ² HSCT: Haematopoietic stem-cell transplantation. ³ cOR: Crude odds ratios. ⁴ CIs: Confidence interval. ⁵ aOR: Adjusted odds ratios. Statistically positive significant results at the 5% level (P < 0.05) are indicated in bold

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