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    Prevalencia de Staphylococcus aureus meticilino resistente en muestras del laboratorio de microbiología del Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso, 2017-2018
    (Universidad de Cuenca, 2020-06-04) Aucay San Martin, Germania Jessenia; Cárdenas Aucapiña, Paola Elizabeth; Agreda Orellana, Ivanna Solmayra
    BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) mentions that bacterial resistance is one of the greatest public health threats, this is due to the inappropriate use of antibiotics and non-compliance with the treatment time. Staphylococccus aureus is a prevalent agent at nosocomial and community level, a multipotent pathogen that causes diseases from acute and superficial to severe. GENERAL OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of resistant methicillin Staphylococccus aureus in the samples of the microbiology laboratory of the Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital, year 2017 - 2018. METHODOLOGY: Descriptive, retrospective cross-sectional study, with universe and sample of all positive reports for resistant methicillin Staphylococccus aureus where reports with complete and true data were included. The use of the results obtained in this study is useful for the institution, to create control and prevention protocols. RESULTS: During 2017 and 2018, the prevalence of MRSA was 26.92 %. Men were more prevalent with 56.96 % and the age group of 25 - 64 years was 34.18 %. The pediatric service represented 27.85 % of isolates and several secretions were the most common samples where 48.10 % of MRSA was isolated. CONCLUSIONS: the prevalence of resistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococccus aureus, year 2017 - 2018 presented a greater number of cases in pediatrics and the isolates were recovered mostly from secretions.