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Antibiotic stewardship

, 2022
In this thesis we report on several aspects of antibiotic stewardship. The increased consumption and the misuse of antibiotics have led to bacterial resistance, and therapeutic options for treating bacterial infections are being limited more and more. A post-antibiotic era lies in wait if action is not taken, as few new antibiotics have been developed ...
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Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship [PDF]

The Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship provides a framework for antibiotic stewardship for outpatient clinicians and facilities that routinely provide antibiotic treatment.

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Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Antibiotic Stewardship—Antibiotic Usage in Adult Patients: Is It Necessary? When Should It be Concerned?

, 2021
Antibiotic consumption rates were quite high in number, although the bacterial coinfection rates were low in coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia. Generally, empirical antibiotic treatment is not recommended for uncomplicated coronavirus disease 2019 mild ...
Halis Akalın, Akalın, Halis, Önal, Uğur, Uğur Önal   +3 more
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Improving antibiotic stewardship skills through interdisciplinary online education: a multicenter teaching intervention for physicians and pharmacists

BMC Medical Education
Background Effective antibiotic prescribing is a core competency for physicians and pharmacists in combating antimicrobial resistance. Despite this, many healthcare professionals report limited confidence in applying antibiotic stewardship principles in ...
Till Koch, Johannes Jochum, Annika van der Linde, Friederike Jahn, Anika Neubert, Evelyn Kramme, Anette Friedrichs   +6 more
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Antibiotic stewardship program in Pakistan: a multicenter qualitative study exploring medical doctors’ knowledge, perception and practices

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background The emerging threat of antibiotic resistance is growing exponentially and antibiotic stewardship programs are cornerstone to fight against this global threat.
Muhammad Atif, Beenish Ihsan, Iram Malik, Nafees Ahmad, Zikria Saleem, Azka Sehar, Zaheer-ud-Din Babar   +6 more
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Rapid Multiplex Antimicrobial Resistance Profiling and Bacterial Identification by LAP‐MALDI Mass Spectrometry Biotyping

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Liquid atmospheric pressure matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization (LAP‐MALDI) mass spectrometry (MS) provides multiplexed biotyping of microbial cultures using a fast and simple workflow. This is demonstrated for clinically relevant bacteria, resulting in accurate antimicrobial resistance (AMR) detection, speciation by MS/MS sequencing and ...
Lily R. Adair, Shabnam Iyer, Ian M. Jones, Rainer Cramer   +3 more
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Primary care physicians’ attitudes and perceptions towards antibiotic resistance and outpatient antibiotic stewardship in the USA: a qualitative study

BMJ Open, 2020
Objectives At least 30% of outpatient antibiotic prescriptions are unnecessary. Outpatient antibiotic stewardship is needed to improve prescribing and address the threat of antibiotic resistance.
Jeffrey A Linder, Jason N Doctor, Rachel M Zetts, Andrea Stoesz, Andrea M Garcia, Jeffrey S Gerber, David Y Hyun   +6 more
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Private practice dentists improve antibiotic use after dental antibiotic stewardship from infectious diseases experts

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2022
Background: Dentists prescribe ~25.7 million antibiotic prescriptions annually. Private practice dentists (PPDs) represent 80% of US dentists who need to implement dental antimicrobial stewardship.
Debra Goff, Julie Mangino, Elizabeth Trolli, Douglas Goff   +3 more
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Artificial Intelligence‐Guided Phenotypic Drug Repurposing Against Streptococcus pneumoniae

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Integrated artificial intelligence (AI) ensembles identify highly potent repurposed drugs against Streptococcus pneumoniae. Prospective virtual screening of 6747 drugs uncovers nine active candidates, including thiostrepton. This drug exhibits low picomolar potency and bypasses established resistance in multidrug‐resistant strains, demonstrating an ...
Joshua S. Fitch, Muhammad D. Ariadi, Min Jung Kwun, Leonie Howells, Saiveth Hernandez‐Hernandez, Nicholas J. Croucher, Pedro J. Ballester   +6 more
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Impact of an antimicrobial time-out program on antimicrobial consumption rate in hospitalized patients: a quasi-experimental study on the national antimicrobial stewardship program in Iran

Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences
Background This study evaluated the impact of the national antimicrobial stewardship program (NASP) on the consumption of antimicrobial agents. Methods A quasi-experimental study was conducted on hospitalized patients at a referral hospital in Tehran ...
Mohammadreza Salehi, Marzieh Arabi, Hossein Khalili, Yunes Panahi, Erta Rajabi, Esmaeil Mohammadnejad, Amir-mohammad Yaryari, Arash Seifi, Mitra Barati, Kousha Farhadi   +9 more
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