Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns in Hospital-Acquired Infections: A Cross-Sectional Study

Abstract

HAIs have become a significant clinical issue to healthcare systems in every part of the world particularly due to the development of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). One of the conditions that led to the prolongation of hospitalization, the rise in healthcare expenses and the rise in morbidity and mortality rates is the transfer of multidrug-resistant pathogens in hospitals. It is a cross-sectional study, which tries to assess the antimicrobial resistance pattern of the common bacterial pathogen in association with HAIs. The collected data were based on clinical isolates of the patients who were admitted to different patient wards of a hospital within a 6-month period of time. Laboratory testing was done to find out the patterns of susceptibility based on standardized microbiological tests. The findings have revealed that resistance to the most commonly prescribed antibiotics is very high and this brings out a call to create an antimicrobial stewardship and infection control strategies. The research contributes to the improved understanding of the tendencies in AMR in hospitals and informs the interventions that should be applied to address the burden of HAIs in specific manners.