Abstract

LOUREIRO, Rui João et al. Use of antibiotics and bacterial resistances: Brief notes on its evolution. Rev. Port. Sau. Pub. [online]. 2016, vol.34, n.1, pp.77-84. ISSN 0870-9025.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rpsp.2015.11.003.

The bacterial resistance to antibiotics is actually one of the most relevant public health problems at global level, since it presents clinical and economic worrying consequences, and is associated with the inappropriate use of antibiotics. Portugal is, in the European context, a country with high antibiotic consumption, despite a decrease in the consumption of these drugs in the last years. The bacterial resistance to antibiotics has markedly increased being Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus the Gram-positive bacteria more resistant to antibiotics, whereas the Gram-negative bacteria more resistant to antibiotics belong to the Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa species and the Enterobacteriaceae family.

Keywords : Antibiotics; Bacterial resistance; Portugal; Bacteria.

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