Introduction:

Inappropriate use of antibiotics contributes to the increase in bacterial resistance; resistant strains are very difficult to treat with available antibiotics.

Objective:

To evaluate the effectiveness of empirical pharmacological treatment with Cefotaxime and Ceftriaxone in clinical and surgical services of the “Dr. Benigno Sánchez” from Quillacollo, during the 2022 administration.

Methodology:

It is an observational study of analytical type, case-control subtype, prospective longitudinal. The population was 1395 patients, obtaining a sample of 884 patients, subdividing cases n=741 and controls n=126 into groups.

Results:

In the surgical service, the frequency among men and women was 45 % and 55 % respectively; 73 % of the total did not present underlying diseases, 90 % of the total had a hospitalization of less than one week with 95 % improvement without significant difference between cases and controls. In the clinical service, 60 % were women, the rest men, 50 % of the total did not present underlying diseases, 78 % of the total had a hospitalization of less than a week with 85 % improvement without significant difference between cases and controls.

Discussion:

The sociodemographic characteristics, the present study identified that in the surgical service the average age was 43 years, of these 45 % were men and 55 % women, however in the clinical service, the average age was 55 years, 60 % women the rest men. The present study identified that, in the surgical service, 95 % of the cases have improvement, without there being a relationship between the therapy used or not. In the clinical service, an 85 % improvement was seen with no difference between the groups. There is no significant difference between the groups, in medical surgical services, with respect to improvement.