Prevalence of Antibiotics Resistance among Patients in Iraqi Hospitals

Abstract

Background: Antibiotics are medicines that fight bacterial infections. If they are used probably, they can save lives. Still there is a growing problem of antibiotic resistance. It happens when bacteria undergo some mutation and become able to resist the effect of an antibiotic. Objectives: This cross sectional study was to determine the prevalence of antibiotics resistance among group of patients and to know the causes that lead to antibiotic resistance crisis to compare the results with previous studies concerning this subject in order to identify the risks of antibiotic resistance to offer some solutions (if any) that can minimize this problem at Iraqi hospitals. Methodology: This cross sectional study was conducted from May to October 2019. The sample was 128 patients (their specimens were cultured and antibiotic sensitivity was tested) especially toward a group of antibiotic. Results: At the end of this study the result showed that a higher group of resistance especially to penicillin group and a lower rate to azithromycin, another finding was the bacteria which infect (admitted in patients) were resistant to multiple drugs than those which infect (out patients). Conclusion: A high resistance to penicillin group, Staphylococcus aureus was found to be the most resistant microorganism as culture results showed.