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Table 4 Independent risk factors for bloodstream infection (BSI) in pediatric Cancer patients with SSTIs: results of multivariate logistic regression analysis

From: Prevalence, microbiology, and antimicrobial susceptibility profile of bacterial skin and soft tissue infections in pediatric patients with malignancies at a referral teaching hospital in Shiraz, Iran

Characteristic or Feature

aOR

SE

z

95% CI

P

Gender

     

 Male

0.62

0.37

-0.8

[0.19–2.02]

0.424

Age Group

     

 0–5 years

8.03

5.78

2.9

[1.96–32.9]

0.004

Type of Malignancy

     

 Solid Tumor

1.37

0.84

0.51

[0.41–4.53]

0.61

Type of SSTI

     

 Perianal Abscess

4.4

3.14

2.08

[1.09–17.78]

0.038

White Blood Cell Count

     

 <500

1.69

1.09

0.81

[0.48–5.96]

0.416

  1. SSTI: skin and soft tissue Infection
  2. aOR: adjusted Odds Ratio, SE: Standard Error, CI: Confidence Interval, P: P-value
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BMC Infectious Diseases

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