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National Consumption of Antimicrobials in Tanzania: 2017–2019 [PDF]

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2020
Objective: Surveillance of antimicrobial consumption is essential to the national action plan for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) as stipulated in the Global Action Plan on AMR and the Tanzanian National Action Plan on AMR.
Romuald Mbwasi, Siana Mapunjo, Rachel Wittenauer, Richard Valimba, Kelvin Msovela, Brian J. Werth, Akida Msallah Khea, Emmanuel Alphonce Nkiligi, Edgar Lusaya, Andy Stergachis, Andy Stergachis, Niranjan Konduri   +11 more
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Evaluation of Surveillance Strategies of Antimicrobial Consumption in Animals [PDF]

Antibiotics
The aim of this paper is to explore and assess various strategies for monitoring antimicrobial consumption (AMC) in animals, within the context of the One Health approach. Recent studies have shed light on the limited surveillance and data collection for
Carly Ching, Muhammad H. Zaman, Veronika J. Wirtz   +2 more
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High Antimicrobial Consumption, Low Reported Infection Rates: An Ecological Analysis of HAI Surveillance Discordance Across EU/EEA Countries [PDF]

Antibiotics
Background/Objectives: Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) affect an estimated 4.3 million patients annually in EU/EEA hospitals; yet, reported prevalence rates vary nearly fivefold across member states, a degree of variation inconsistent with ...
Adriana Tatomirescu, Liviu Florian Tatomirescu, Suzana Turcu, Diana Ciuc   +3 more
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Mapping nationally adopted targets for antimicrobial consumption and stewardship indicators in the human health domain, 25 European Union/European Economic Area countries, 2025 [PDF]

Eurosurveillance
BACKGROUND Establishing quantifiable targets for antimicrobial consumption (AMC) and stewardship activities can provide a structured framework for monitoring and evaluating progress in efforts to curb antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
ESAC-Net study group
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An Assessment of the Impact of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic on National Antimicrobial Consumption in Jordan

Antibiotics, 2021
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has overlapping clinical characteristics with bacterial respiratory tract infection, leading to the prescription of potentially unnecessary antibiotics.
Sayer Al-Azzam, Nizar Mahmoud Mhaidat, Hayaa A. Banat, Mohammad Alfaour, Dana Samih Ahmad, Arno Muller, Adi Al-Nuseirat, Elizabeth A. Lattyak, Barbara R. Conway, Mamoon A. Aldeyab   +9 more
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Reassessing antimicrobial resistance governance in Latin America: the case for antimicrobial consumption as the primary metric of implementation success [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
Esteban Zavaleta-Monestel, Jose Pablo Diaz-Madriz, Jeaustin Mora Jiménez, Sebastián Arguedas-Chacón   +3 more
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Antimicrobial Resistance and the Spectrum of Pathogens in Dental and Oral-Maxillofacial Infections in Hospitals and Dental Practices in Germany

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021
Data on microbiological profiles in odontogenic infections are scarce. This study aimed to analyze the spectrum of pathogens and antimicrobial resistance in clinical isolates from dental and oral-maxillofacial clinical settings in Germany. We analyzed 20,
Annika Meinen, Annicka Reuss, Niklas Willrich, Marcel Feig, Ines Noll, Tim Eckmanns, Bilal Al-Nawas, Robby Markwart, Robby Markwart   +8 more
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Low Proportion of Linezolid and Daptomycin Resistance Among Bloodborne Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Europe

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREF) and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are associated with significant health burden. We investigated linezolid and daptomycin resistance among VREF and MRSA in the EU/EEA between 2014 and ...
Robby Markwart, Niklas Willrich, Tim Eckmanns, Guido Werner, Olaniyi Ayobami   +4 more
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A Joint Regional Analysis of Resistance Combinations in Escherichia coli in Humans and Different Food-Producing Animal Populations in Germany Between 2014 and 2017

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
A joint comparative regional analysis of different resistance combinations across human and veterinary medicine has not been previously conducted in Germany. This study analyses 16 resistance combinations from four antibiotics in E.
Beneditta Suwono, Beneditta Suwono, Tim Eckmanns, Heike Kaspar, Bernd-Alois Tenhagen   +4 more
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The ongoing challenge of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis in Europe: an epidemiological analysis of bloodstream infections

Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2020
Vancomycin-resistant enterococci infections are of great public health significance due to limited therapeutic options. We investigated epidemiological trends and risk factors of vancomycin resistance in enterococci isolates from patients with ...
Olaniyi Ayobami, Niklas Willrich, Annicka Reuss, Tim Eckmanns, Robby Markwart   +4 more
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