Table 1 Possible risk factors and their association with the prevalence of bacterial infection among patients with external ocular infection at University of Gondar hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2016
Variables | Culture results | COR (95% CI) | AOR(95% CI) | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | -ve n (%) | +ve n (%) | |||||
Previous ocular infection | Yes | 215(68.9) | 81(37.7) | 134(62.3) | 1.69(1.041–2.74) |  |  |
No | 97(31.1) | 49(50.5) | 48(49.5) | 1 | Â | Â | |
Previous use of antimicrobials | Yes | 147(47.1) | 49 (33.3) | 98(66.7) | 1.93(1.219–3.05) | 1.84(1.132–2.97) | 0.014 |
No | 165(52.9) | 81(49.1) | 84(50.9) | 1 | 1 | Â | |
History of surgery | Yes | 46(14.7) | 19(41.3) | 27(58.7) | 1.02(0.539–1.92) |  |  |
No | 266(93.6) | 111(41.7) | 155(58.3) | 1 | Â | Â | |
Duration of present illness | <1Â week | 107(34.3) | 52(48.6) | 55(51.4) | 1 | 1 | Â |
2–4 weeks | 33(10.6) | 9(27.3) | 24(72.7) | 2.52(1.072–5.93) | 2.72(1.116–6.62) | 0.028 | |
>4 weeks | 172(55.1) | 69(40.1) | 103(59.9) | 1.41(0.868–2.29) | 1.26(0.754–2.12) | 0.34 | |
Ocular trauma | Yes | 57(18.3) | 30(52.6) | 27(47.4) | 1 | Â | Â |
No | 255(81.7) | 100(39.2) | 155(60.8) | 1.72(0.967–3.068) |  |  | |