PERFIL DE BACTÉRIAS MULTIRRESISTENTES EM PACIENTES CRÍTICOS DE UM HOSPITAL PEDIÁTRICO

The human body houses a number of different types of bacteria, either temporarily or on a more permanent basis. Bacterial resistance is the result of how antimicrobial agents are used to combat these organisms, therefore why showing their respective prevalence at given places as well as resistance patterns is fundamental for effective treatments. This study sought to investigate the presence of bacteria found isolated inside intensive care units of a referral hospital in the state of Paraíba, Brazil. Hence it was within this context an observational, retrospective and qualitative study through the analysis of a database conjointly provided by the hospital’s Infection and Control Prevention Unit and Medical and Statistical Archive Services. The sample was obtained through environment isolation and subsequent analyses of corresponding antibiograms were performed, during the period ranging from 2015-2018. Breastfeeding female patients were the sole group observed to have been infected by some bacterial pathogens during the study. The most prevalent types of bacteria found were Pseudomonas aeruginosa and coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS), however, in antibiograms only the latter and Klebisiella pneumoniae carbapenemase were resistant to several antibiotics when applying disk diffusion tests. Although this first is known as an emerging pathogen, it was observed not only its high prevalence, but also its multidrug resistance profile