Abstract
Antibiotic resistance causes longer hospital stays, higher medical expenses, and higher mortality rates. This retrospective study was conducted to describe the rate of antimicrobial resistance in a tertiary hospital in Al Seih. In 2021, 522 bacterial isolates were collected in the hospital. Most of the isolated bacteria were gram-negative bacteria (84.10%). The most common bacteria were Klebsiella pneumoniae (22.41%), Escherichia coli (17.62%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (16.09%), Acinetobacter baumannii (12.84%), and Staphylococcus aureus (10.15%). The present study showed high resistance rates of Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Proteus mirabilis to numerous antibiotics. The study also showed that Acinetobacter baumannii was resistant to all of the tested antibiotics. It is advised to raise public knowledge of the responsible use of antibiotics as well as the awareness of health care specialists regarding the appropriate prescribing of antibiotics based on antimicrobial resistance rates.