Emergence of High Antimicrobial Resistance among Critically Ill Patients with Hospital-Acquired Infections in a Tertiary Care Hospital.

ABSTRACT: Background and Objectives: Inappropriate antibiotic usage in hospitalized patients contributes to microbial resistance. Our study aimed to examine the incidence of clinical bacterial isolates and their antibiotic resistance burden among critically ill patients in different hospital units. Materials and Methods: A single-centered cross-sectional study was conducted in a 120-bed tertiary care hospital that included 221 critically ill patients with hospital-acquired infections. Bacterial cultures and sensitivity reports were obtained and followed by a formal analysis of the antibiogram results to explore recovered isolates' prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility patterns. Results: Gram-negative bacteria were the most predominant pathogens among recovered isolates from t

SUBMITTER: E Abou Warda A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9698311 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature