Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns: A Four Year (2017-2020) Surveillance Study at a Tertiary Acute Care Hospital in Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Liaqat Ali Chaudhry, Muhammed Yasin Khan, Samira Mousa Fallatah, Muhammed Tanveer Khaji, Ghazala Aslam Chaudhry and Asirvadhan Alwin Robert

Introduction

Objective To analyze the antimicrobial susceptibility patterns in a four years period (2017-2020) at a tertiary acute care hospital in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Methods This is a retrospective observational study on a total 28214 pathogens isolated and shown in antibiograms between 2017 and 2020 at tertiary acute care King Salman Armed Forces Hospital Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Results The four-year (2017-2020) retrospective observational study analyzed antibiograms at King Salman Armed Forces Hospital Tabuk, Saudi Arabia . Among the six most common organisms isolated, Escherichia coli was the most prevalent Gram-negative species, and Staphylococcus aureus was the dominant Gram-positive species. The study revealed an upward trend in antimicrobial resistance, emphasizing the need for strict infection control measures and prudent antibiotic use to combat the rising resistance

Conclusion There has been an upward trend in the development of antimicrobial resistant organisms as observed in our study which is in agreement with other local studies showing same trends

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