Kon K. 2015 . Prevalence of multidrug resistant bacteria in General Surgery Hospital, Ukraine. Nusantara Bioscience 7: 102-106. Rising antibiotic resistance is a serious concern worldwide and during prescribing antibiotic treatment it is important to know general and regional tendencies in spread of multidrug resistant strains. The aim of the present study was to evaluate regional specificity of the prevalence of multidrug resistant strains among agents of surgical infections, to determine the

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... ost common microbial associations and to detect the most active antibiotics against multidrug resistant bacteria. More than 60% of strains were multidrugresistant, with the highest prevalence of resistance among Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterobacter spp., Proteus spp., and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Isolated multidrug-resistant bacteria showed susceptibility mainly to carbapenems and fluoroquinolones. The high prevalence of multidrug-resistant bacteria indicates the need for continuous monitoring of resistance in each hospital and to search for new methods to coping with this problem.