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Association between antimicrobial consumption and resistance rate of Escherichia coli in hospital settings.

Journal of Applied Microbiology, 2022
AIMS This study aims to quantify antimicrobial consumption (AMC) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in tertiary care hospitals in Pakistan. METHODS AND RESULTS This observational study was conducted at two tertiary care hospitals of Pakistan over a 1 ...
Sabahat Abdullah, S. Rahman, Faqir Muhammad, M. Mohsin   +3 more
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Trends of Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens, Difficult to Treat Bloodstream Infections, and Antimicrobial Consumption at a Tertiary Care Center in Lebanon from 2015–2020: COVID-19 Aftermath

Antibiotics, 2021
Introduction: We studied the trend of antimicrobial resistance and consumption at Saint George Hospital University Medical Center (SGHUMC), a tertiary care center in Beirut, Lebanon, with a focus on the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.
A. Chamieh, R. Zgheib, Sabah El-Sawalhi, Laure Yammine, G. El-Hajj, Omar Zmerli, C. Afif, J. Rolain, E. Azar   +8 more
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Health advantages of transition to batch management system in farrow-to-finish pig herds

Veterinární Medicína, 2012
Sow batch management systems have become more popular due to advantages in labour planning, piglet batch sizes, all-in all-out practices and health management. The present study investigated the potential health advantages of 10 selected farrow-to-finish
F. Vangroenweghe, L. Suls, E. Van Driessche, D. Maes, E. De Graef   +4 more
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Antimicrobial consumption in food animals in Fiji: Analysis of the 2017 to 2021 import data

Frontiers in Antibiotics, 2022
IntroductionGlobally, the demand for animal protein for human consumption has beenQ7 Q6increasing at a faster rate in the last 5 to 10 decades resulting in increasedantimicrobial consumption in food producing animals. Antimicrobials arefrequently used as
Royford Magiri, Chaminda Dissanayake, Walter Okello   +2 more
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The 2018 Global Point Prevalence Survey of antimicrobial consumption and resistance in 47 Canadian hospitals: a cross-sectional survey

CMAJ Open, 2021
Background: Patient-level surveillance of antimicrobial use (AMU) in Canadian hospitals empowers the reduction of inappropriate AMU and was piloted in 2017 among 14 hospitals in Canada.
Greg J. German, C. Frenette, Jean-Alexandre Caissy, J. Grant, M. Lefebvre, D. Mertz, S. Lutes, A. McGeer, J. Roberts, K. Afra, L. Valiquette, Yannick Émond, Marie Carrier, Anaïs Lauzon-Laurin, Trong Tien Nguyen, Hamed Al-Bachari, J. Kosar, S. Peermohamed, M. Science, Daniel Landry, Timothy D. MacLaggan, P. Daley, Gerald McDonald, A. Ang, Sandra Chang, Yu-Chen Lin, Brandon Tong, Suzanne Malfair, Victor Leung, K. Katz, I. Pauwels, H. Goossens, A. Versporten, J. Conly, Daniel J. G. Thirion   +34 more
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Antibiotic consumption and antimicrobial resistance in Poland; findings and implications [PDF]

Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, 2018
Abstract Background The problem of inappropriate use of antibiotics and the resulting growth in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has implications for Poland and the world. The objective of this paper was to compare and contrast antibiotic resistance and antibiotic utilisation in Poland in recent years versus other European
Wojkowska-Mach, Jadwiga, Godman, Brian, Glassman, Amanda, Kurdi, Amanj, Pilc, Andrzej, Rozanska, Anna, Skoczyński, Szymon, Wałaszek, Marta, Bochenek, Tomasz   +8 more
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Rapid Decrease in Fluoroquinolones Consumption following Implementation of a Simple Antimicrobial Stewardship Bundled Intervention in a University Hospital during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Antibiotics, 2023
Fluoroquinolones (FQs) represent an class of antibiotics of medical importance, but their use has been restricted due to their ecologic impact and associated side effects.
Raffaela Olivieri, Paola Vannini, Alice Corzani, Maria Teresa Bianco, Federico Franchi, Maria Grazia Cusi, Sabino Scolletta, Fabio Arena, Claudia Basagni, Roberto Gusinu, Mario Tumbarello   +10 more
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Point-prevalence surveys of antimicrobial consumption and resistance at a paediatric and an adult tertiary referral hospital in Yangon, Myanmar

Infection Prevention in Practice, 2021
Summary Background Antimicrobial resistance is increasingly prevalent worldwide. The inappropriate use of antimicrobials, including in the hospital setting, is considered a major driver of antimicrobial resistance.
Win Thandar Oo, S. Carr, C. Marchello, Moe Moe San, Aung Tun Oo, K. M. Oo, K. T. Lwin, H. Win, J. Crump   +8 more
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Broad-spectrum antimicrobial consumption trend and correlation with bacterial infections and resistance over 5 years.

Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, 2021
OBJECTIVES Consumption trends of four broad spectrum antimicrobials and their correlation with resistance in Gram-negative bacilli (GNB) from 2013 to 2017 within intensive care units were explored. METHODS Consumption meropenem (MEM), polymyxin B (PMB),
Renata A.O. Sakata, R. Cayô, A. Gales, G. T. Cuba, A. Pignatari, C. Kiffer   +5 more
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Disparities in antimicrobial consumption and resistance within a country: the case of beta-lactams in Argentina

Revista Panamericana De Salud Publica-pan American Journal of Public Health, 2021
Objective. To describe bacterial resistance and antimicrobial consumption ratio at the subnational level in Argentina during 2018, considering beta-lactams group as a case-study. Methods.
S. Boni, G. Marín, Laura Campaña, Lupe Marin, A. Corso, Soledad Risso-Patrón, Fernanda Gabriel, Valeria Garay, M. Limeres   +8 more
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