USO DE ANTIMICROBIANOS Y RESISTENCIA BACTERIANA COMO PROBLEMA ÉTICO
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The irrational use of antimicrobials and growing bacterial resistance pose a threat to global public health. However, this phenomenon also raises profound ethical dilemmas surrounding medical duty, equity of access, and social responsibility in prescribing. The objective of this chapter is to analyze bacterial resistance from an ethical perspective, highlighting the principles of beneficence, justice, and professional responsibility. A narrative review was conducted based on scientific literature from 2023 to 2025 obtained from Scopus, PubMed, and Scielo. Priority was given to recent systematic reviews and clinical guidelines on the rational use of antimicrobials and bioethics. The data reviewed show a growing disproportion between the clinical use of antibiotics and the emergence of multidrug-resistant strains. Ethical dilemmas arise when patient autonomy, healthcare pressure, and restrictive institutional policies clash. Bacterial resistance must be addressed not only as a scientific problem, but also as a moral one. Ethical training and surveillance of antimicrobial use are essential tools for ensuring a therapeutically viable future.
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203-216
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April 21, 2026
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Copyright (c) 2026 Karla Domenica Morales Saquicela, Kevin Salvador Arévalo Goyes, Jorge Roberto Rodas Andrade, Eduardo Andrés Rojas Portéz, Marcos Andrés Calva Torres, Catalina María Hurtado, Samantha Nayeli Minchala García, Noemi Noelia Palacios Caicedo, Camila Valentina Cuesta Buestan, Juan Sebastián Urgilés Beltrán, Ibelice Salome Dután Perez, Diego Martin Reyes Novillo, María Alejandra Mantilla Vicuña, Diana Yamileth González Ortiz, Pablo Segundo Salinas Vázquez, Kevin Ismael Rojas Rojas, Dayana Mishelle Orozco Azuero, Jessica Ximena Humala Rojas, Viviana Elizabeth González Merchán, Niurka Salomé Rojas Avendaño, Andrea Rosana Mogrovejo Avila, Ainhoa Alejandra Guaraca Ortega, Wendy Valentina Mendoza Cajamarca, Dayana Estefania Sacta Rivera, Mercy Daniela Cabrera Vivar, Anabella Inés Zambrano Párrraga, Enma Jacqueline Zambrano Párraga, Anderson Israel Tenezaca Reinoso, Gladys Janneth Peñafiel Ponce, Jordan Smith Colcha González, Luis Alberto Saquicela Espinoza, Gabriela Abigail Campoverde Sigüenza, Evelyn Nathaly Morocho Bustamante, Jacinto Eugenio Pérez Ramírez, Pamela Lissette Pinargote Santana, Jonnathan Paúl Pesántez León, Wilson Javier Mendoza Saeteros, Bryan Antonio Ramón Cáceres, Ivette Denisse Quinteros Sánchez, Susan Karina Ortega Castillo, Juan Francisco Urgiles Rojas, Edith Anahel Morejón Flores, Gustavo Adolfo Espinoza Palomeque, Ana Paulina Inga Macancela, Britney Shamira Macias Zambrano, Nelly Marielena Larrea Semiterra, Omar Segundo Arévalo Goyes, Milagros Valeria González Parra, Juan Manuel González Cárdenas, Esteban Leonardo Coronel Coello, Kerly Monserrath Pinos Larrea, Juan Sebastián Crespo Domínguez, Camila Raquel González González, Larisa Araceli Hurtado Flores, María José Quevedo, Angie Patricia Mogrovejo Coronel, Luis Holguer Idrovo Becerra, Jennifer Mariuxi Álvarez Avendaño; Juan Carlos Santillán Lima
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USO DE ANTIMICROBIANOS Y RESISTENCIA BACTERIANA COMO PROBLEMA ÉTICO. (2026). In INFECTOLOGÍA CLÍNICA TOMO 3 (pp. 203-216). Puerto Madero Editorial Académica. https://doi.org/10.55204/pmea.128.c203
