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- Title
Perfil de resistencia antimicrobiana de bacterias aisladas de infecciones y de la microbiota ocular.
- Authors
MARTÍN ALGARRA, LAURA VICTORIA; CATALINA SÁNCHEZ, MARTHA; RONDÓN CORREA, GERALDINE; FABIOLA RODRÍGUEZ, MARTHA
- Abstract
Introduction: the increase in strains resistant to antimicrobials in recent years may be due to their indiscriminate and excessive use. The World Health Organization (WHO) has promoted global surveillance of antimicrobial resistance; however, the biggest limitation is a lack of reliable data in some countries. Studies such as the Antibiotic Resistance Monitoring in Ocular Microorganisms (ARMOR) (2009 and 2013) and the Tracking Resistance in the United States Today (TRUST) report that the most prevalent microorganism in infections worldwide is Staphylococcus aureus, with a high percentage of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which are of great importance for public health due to their high resistance to antimicrobials. Objetive: To identify the main antimicrobial resistance profiles of bacteria isolated from infections or from ocular microbiota. Methods: A systematic review of literature in EBSCOhost databases: Academic Search, Medline, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, Springer, PubMed, and Google Academics, with keywords such as ocular, antimicrobial, and resistance, between 2010 and 2017. Results: 30 articles on antimicrobial resistance from the last seven years were analyzed. In most countries, the genus Staphylococcus (S. aureus, 45%, NEC, 37%), Pseudomonas (8%) and Streptococcus (7%) were predominant. The lowest percentages were Corynebacterium (2%) and Klebsiella (1%). Conclusions: Most of the ocular isolates reported in the global context show resistance to beta-lactams. Increased resistance to these antibiotics implies a serious therapeutic problem in the hospital setting.
- Publication
Science & Technology in Ocular Health & Vision / Ciencia y Tecnología para la Salud Visual y Ocular, 2018, Vol 16, Issue 2, p33
- ISSN
1692-8415
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.19052/sv.5301