Current microbiological trends of microorganisms causing nosocomial infections | ||
| Microbes and Infectious Diseases | ||
| Article 11, Volume 4, Issue 4, November 2023, Pages 1150-1157 PDF (710.43 K) | ||
| Document Type: Review Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/mid.2023.182485.1431 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Lilianne Dominguez Céspedes* 1; Yohorlin Marta Céspedes Fonseca2; Arianna Corchete Pérez1; Rafael Labrada Pérez1 | ||
| 1Microbiology Department, Fermín Valdéz Domínguez Militar Hospital, Holguín, Cuba | ||
| 2Dermatology Department, Lucía Íñiguez Landín Clinical Surgical Hospital, Hospital, Cuba | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Infections related to health care are a major public health problem in Spain, Europe and worldwide. They cause an increase in hospital stays, long-term disability, greater resistance of microorganisms to antimicrobials, additional costs both for the patient himself and for the health system, and unnecessary deaths. The patient is exposed to a wide variety of microorganisms during hospitalization. The potential for exposure leading to infection depends, in part, on the characteristics of the microorganisms, including antimicrobial resistance, intrinsic virulence, and the amount of infectious material (inoculum). The problem of greatest clinical importance is the trend of increasing bacterial resistance, becoming a health threat of great magnitude worldwide, since it causes a decrease in the safety of healing processes and causes an increase in morbidity and mortality. The incidence of bacterial resistance is also related to the prescription and consumption of antimicrobials. The main objective of this bibliographic review is to analyze the current microbiological trends of the microorganisms that cause nosocomial infections. Key words: nosocomial infections, microorganisms, antimicrobial resistance. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Key words: nosocomial infections; microorganisms; antimicrobial resistance | ||
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