Introduction:

infectious related to health care, also known as nosocomial infections (NI) are an important public health problem, are associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality, resulting in an increase in days of hospitalization and costs.

Objectives:

to determine the most frequent nosocomial germs and antibiotic sensitivity in a Medical Ward of the Regional Hospital of Encarnación 2014-2015.

Methodology:

descriptive, observational cross-sectional study with prospective approach, and analytical component.

Results:

Hospitalized patients were evaluated and were found 114 (6%) patients with nosocomial infections, below the global average. The epidemiological profile, were characterized by predominance of females 53%, aged 56.5 ± 22.5 years. And a prolonged hospital stay. The germs more common commouly isolated were in urine, the more frequent comorbidities were hypertension and diabetes mellitus. The most frequent isolated germ was Klebsiella pneumoniae, with a sensitivity only to amikacin and Cabapenemes, followed by a Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus oxacillin with good sensitivity.

Conclusions:

6% of nosocomial infections were found and the more frequent isolated germ was K. pneumoniae

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