Table 3 Factors associated with Staphylococci osteomyelitis
Characteristics | Staphylococcal osteomyelitis | Chi2 | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive n (%) | Negative n (%) | ||||
Age category | Children | 44 (89.8) | 5 (10.2) | 0.963 | 0.124 |
Adult | 19 (76.0) | 6 (24.0) | |||
Sex | Females | 26 (89.7) | 3 (10.3) | 0.7699 | 0.380 |
Males | 37 (82.2) | 8 (17.8) | |||
Referral outside Mwanza | No | 30 (85.7) | 5 (14.3) | 0.0176 | 0.894 |
Yes | 33 (84.6) | 6 (15.4) | |||
Education level of participant | Non-formal | 19 (90.5) | 2 (9.5) | 2.5445 | 0.467 |
Primary level | 28 (87.5) | 4(12.5) | |||
Secondary level | 12 (80.0) | 3 (20.0) | |||
College and above | 4 (66.7) | 2 (33.3) | |||
Complaint | Sepsis | 28 (87.5) | 4 (12.5) | 0.2492 | 0.618 |
Trauma | 35 (83.3) | 7 (16.7) | |||
Condition | Discharging | 57 (87.7) | 8 (12.3) | 2.2615 | 0.097 |
Swelling | 6 (66.7) | 3 (33.3) | |||
Fever during enrollment | Yes | 20 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4.7854 | 0.029 |
No | 43 (79.6) | 11 (20.4) | |||