Antibiotic resistance profiles and risk factors of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli in a large tertiary care hospital in a low- and middle-income country.

Sci Rep · 2025 · PMC12283929 · PMID 40695927

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marginally significantp = 0.050actually significant

The internal medicine department exhibited a marginally significant difference ( p = 0.050), indicating potential variations in the distribution of ESBL-producing E. coli .

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a trend toward significancep = 0.081so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

However, age showed a trend toward significance, with a slightly greater mean age observed in the MDR group than in the non-MDR group ( p = 0.081).

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