Volume 20, Number 8—August 2014
Dispatch
Levofloxacin-Resistant Haemophilus influenzae, Taiwan, 2004–2010
Shu-Chen Kuo, Pei-Chen Chen, Yih-Ru Shiau, Hui-Ying Wang, Jui-Fen Lai, Wen Huang, and Tsai-Ling Yang Lauderdale
Table 2
Factors associated with isolation of levofloxacin-resistant Haemophilus influenzae, Taiwan, 2004–2010
| Factor | No. (%) isolates |
p value* | Odds ratio (95% CI) | p value† | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susceptible | Resistant | ||||
| Total | 1,280 (87.5) | 182 (12.5) | |||
| Patient age >65 y | 591 (80.8) | 140 (19.2) | <0.001 | 3.601 (2.435–5.325) | <0.001 |
| Respiratory tract specimen | 1,123 (86.5) | 175 (13.5) | <0.001 | NS | |
| Regional hospital | 766 (85.0) | 135 (15.0) | <0.001 | 2.054 (1.379–3.059) | <0.001 |
| Inpatient hospital stay |
849 (85.1) |
149 (14.9) |
<0.001 |
NS |
|
| Geographic region | |||||
| Northern | 448 (95.5) | 21 (4.5) | <0.001 | Reference | |
| Central | 585 (83.9) | 112 (16.1) | <0.001 | 3.656 (2.214–6.038) | <0.001 |
| Southern | 225 (82.4) | 48 (17.6) | 0.006 | 5.428 (3.050–9.611) | <0.001 |
| Eastern |
22 (95.7) |
1 (4.3) |
0.346 |
||
| Study year | 2.013 (1.692–2.395) | <0.001 | |||
*By χ2 test.
†By multivariate logistic regression analysis. NS, not significant.
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