Point Prevalence Survey of Antimicrobial Use in Four Tertiary Care Hospitals in Mexico.
Federico A Zumaya-EstradaAlfredo Ponce-de-León-GarduñoEdgar Ortiz-BrizuelaJuan Carlos Tinoco-FavilaPatricia Cornejo-JuárezDiana Vilar-CompteAlejandro Sassoé-GonzálezPedro Jesús Saturno HernándezCelia M Alpuche-ArandaPublished in: Infection and drug resistance (2021)
This study describes the extensive use of antimicrobials and broad-spectrum antibiotics for systemic use in Mexican hospitals, along with the presence of resistant pathogens to the antibiotics frequently used in the hospitals surveyed.