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Sinan Mohammed Abdullah Al-Mahmood sinanpharmacy@tu.edu.iq
Nur Hartikah Hidayah Abd.Rahim sinanpharmacy@tu.edu.iq


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Background: Antibiotic resistance is seriously threatening hospitals and the community. Improper antibiotic usage might increase the possibility of antibiotic resistance occurring and be more challenging to treat. The prevalence of antibiotic resistance needs to be reviewed so; a better plan can be made to tackle the issue. However, the factors associated with it need to be explored to tackle the issues. Hopefully, this study's outcome could give healthcare providers some input to control the problems and understand antibiotic usage properly. Objective: This study aimed to identify the prevalence of antibiotic resistance in HTAA. Thus, identify common antibiotic-resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance among them. Methods: The retrospective cohort study design was used to determine the prevalence of antibiotic resistance in HTAA. This study was conducted at the pathology laboratory of HTAA. All antibiotic-sensitive tests for 3707 patients were used and analysed using Microsoft Excel. Results: 3707 patients were infected, which are Klebsiella pneumonia (19.3%), Staphylococcus aureus (18.4%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (16.3%), Streptococcus Group B (15.8%), Escherichia coli (15.2%), Staphylococcus coagulase negative (13.5%), and others.  Conclusion: Findings of the study present that Penicillin has a higher resistance rate against Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumonia, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus coagulase-negative and Enterobacter aerogenes.  Pseudomonas aeruginosa shows lower susceptibility against Carbapenem. Tetracycline has a high resistance rate to Streptococcus Group B and Enterococcus sp. Acinetobacter baumannii presents a higher resistance rate against most antibiotics except Polymixin B, but it has lower susceptibility against Proteus mirabilis.

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Abdullah Al-Mahmood, S. M., & Hidayah Abd.Rahim, N. H. (2023). The prevalence of antibiotic resistance in hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan. AL-KITAB JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, 1(1), 23–31. Retrieved from https://isnra.net/index.php/kjms/article/view/1071
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