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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 LauderdaleComments to Author 
Author affiliations: National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan (S.-C. Kuo, P.-C. Chen, Y.-R. Shiau, H.-Y. Wang, J.-F. Lai, I.-W. Huang, T.-L.Y. Lauderdale); National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan (S.-C. Kuo); Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei (S.-C. Kuo)

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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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