Vigilancia microbiológica y detección de gérmenes multirresistentes en Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Neonatales del HTMC, año 2016 - 2019.

Abstract

The presence of microorganisms with acquired resistance to multiple antibiotics complicates the management and evolution of critical patients, the intensivist or intensivist neonatologist, in their daily activities faces these types of problems from the responsibility of prevention and control and fromthe challenge of prescribing the appropriate antibiotic treatment for a possible infection. WHO, since 2017, has classified the threat posed by gram-negative bacteria resistant to multiple antibiotics. These bacteria have the innate ability to find new ways to resist treatments and can transmit genetic material that allows other bacteria to become drug resistant. This study arises due to the frequency of cases within the institution and the necessary documentation that allows us to know the morbidity and mortality rate of nosocomial infections in the NICU area in a selective group of neonatal patients of this institution and sector of the city of Guayaquil.