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Volume 27, Number 6—June 2021
Research

Macrolide-Resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infections in Children, Ohio, USA

Mariana M. Lanata1, Huanyu Wang, Kathy Everhart, Melisa Moore-Clingenpeel, Octavio Ramilo, and Amy LeberComments to Author 
Author affiliation: Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA

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Table 3

Risk factors for hospital admission in children infected with Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Ohio, USA, 2015–2019*

Risk factor Univariate analysis
Multivariable analysis
OR (95% CI) p value aOR (95% CI)
p value
Female sex 0.99 (0.64–1.53) 0.9599
Age, y 0.96 (0.92–1.01) 0.1125 0.928 (0.877–0.982) 0.0096
Underlying condition 3.47 (2.21–5.46) <0.0001 4.234 (2.506–7.155) <0.0001
Any previous visit 3.6 (2.24–5.78) <0.0001 2.094 (1.131–3.877) 0.0188
Macrolide resistance 1.55 (0.49–4.92) 0.4547 1.171 (0.324–4.231) 0.8094
Abnormal respiratory examination 4.31 (2.55–7.26) <0.0001 4.063 (2.291–7.204) <0.0001
Previous treatment with antimicrobial drugs 3.03 (1.9–4.83) <0.0001 2.606 (1.377–4.934) 0.0033
Previous nonmacrolide antimicrobial drugs 2.85 (1.78–4.56) <0.0001
Positive viral test 0.24 (0.08–0.68) 0.0071
MRMp and positive viral test 0.23 (0.04–1.44) 0.1166

*Bold type indicates statistical significance. aOR, adjusted OR; MRMp: macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae; OR, odds ratio.

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1Current affiliation: Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, USA.

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