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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 6

Multivariable models for assessing adjusted risk factors for pediatric intensive care unit admission in children infected with Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Ohio, USA, 2015–2019*

Model aOR (95% CI) p value
Model 1
Macrolide resistance 5.111 (1.248–20.926) 0.0233
Underlying conditions
4.238 (1.68–10.694)
0.002
Model 2
Macrolide resistance 4.964 (1.247–19.762) 0.023
Any previous visits
3.625 (1.273–10.323)
0.0159
Model 3
Macrolide resistance 4.895 (1.227–19.532) 0.0245
Abnormal respiratory exam
5.164 (1.37–19.461)
0.0153
Model 4
Macrolide resistance 4.969 (1.241–19.906) 0.0235
Any previous antimicrobial drugs
3.076 (1.332–7.101)
0.0085
Model 5
Macrolide resistance 4.911 (1.237–19.499) 0.0237
Any previous nonmacrolide antimicrobial drugs 2.717 (1.184–6.234) 0.0183

*Bold type indicates statistical significance. aOR, adjusted odds ratio.

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

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