Abstract
Background: Rapid increase in nosocomial infections (NIs) due to antibiotic resistant organisms is a global issue, which causes significant morbidity in both patients and healthcare professionals ultimately leading to an extra cost on health care systems. Thus, studying NIs is a public health priority. Methods: The study was designed as a cross-sectional investigation between 2015 - 2017. Inpatient cases of selected hospitals with nosocomial infections were included. Demographics, source of infections, causative agents, and their antibiotic susceptibility through E-test method were collected. All data were analyzed using SPSS statistical software (version 19). Results: A total of 168 patients with NIs were identified. Of the patients, 100 (59.5%) cases were male. The intensive care unit had the highest infection rate (N = 100 (59.5%)) and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) (N = 58 (34.5%)) and Acinetobacter (N = 76 (47.5%)) were the most common source and organism of NI. Conclusions: Results of this study showed the dangerously high nosocomial infection rates, which necessitates considering surveillance of antibiotic usage and restriction of using broad spectrum antibiotics in infections.
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