Abstract

GONZALEZ-GONZALEZ, Javier Nicolás et al. Prevalence of Bacterial Resistance from 2016 to 2018 at the General Hospital of Obregon, Sonora. Biotecnia [online]. 2023, vol.25, n.3, pp.105-112.  Epub May 27, 2024. ISSN 1665-1456.  https://doi.org/10.18633/biotecnia.v25i3.2064.

Antimicrobial resistance in Mexico is difficult to address due to the absence of a regulatory instance that effectively control the use and sale of antimicrobials; and the low surveillance of prescription and self-medication. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of bacterial resistance to antibiotics isolated from clinical samples in the General Hospital of Obregon, Sonora. Information was obtained from the culture logs processed and analyzed at the Microbiology area of the Clinical Laboratory and its resistance to antibiotics, from December 2016 to January 2018. Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Staphylococcus aureus infections were the most common among patients from all care services. Bacteria such as S. aureus and E. coli, showed antibiotic resistance of up to 90 and 100 %. A high resistance was observed against benzylpenicillin at the intensive care unit service (100 %). High bacterial resistance to antibiotics was found from December 2016 to January 2018 in the present study, and this apparently remains unchanged in our country which was inferred by data reported by previous few Mexican studies.

Keywords : Antimicrobial resistance; Surveillance; Antibiotics; Antibiogram; E. coli; Mexican hospital.

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