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Antimicrobial Stewardship and Antimicrobial Resistance

Medical Clinics of North America, 2018
Antimicrobial stewardship programs aim to reduce costs, optimize therapeutic outcomes, and reduce antimicrobial resistance. Reductions of antimicrobial resistance are the most elusive because emergence and spread of resistant bacteria involves antimicrobial selective pressure and lapses in infection control techniques.
Louis Rice
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Antimicrobial stewardship

Current Opinion in Critical Care, 2022
Purpose of review The optimal use of antimicrobials is necessary to slow resistance development and improve patient outcomes. Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) is a bundle of interventions aimed at promoting the responsible use of antiinfectives.
Christian, Lanckohr, Hendrik, Bracht
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Antimicrobial Stewardship in the ICU

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2022
AbstractIncreasing rates of infection and multidrug-resistant pathogens, along with a high use of antimicrobial therapy, make the intensive care unit (ICU) an ideal setting for implementing and supporting antimicrobial stewardship efforts. Overuse of antimicrobial agents is common in the ICU, as practitioners are challenged daily with achieving early ...
Claire V, Murphy, Erica E, Reed, Derrick D, Herman, BrookeAnne, Magrum, Julia J, Beatty, Kurt B, Stevenson   +5 more
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Antimicrobial Stewardship in Cystic Fibrosis

Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 2022
AbstractThe chronic airway infection and inflammation characteristic of cystic fibrosis (CF) ultimately leads to progressive lung disease, the primary cause of death in persons with CF (pwCF). Despite many recent advances in CF clinical care, efforts to preserve lung function in many pwCF still necessitate frequent antimicrobial use.
Lloyd, Elizabeth C., Cogen, Jonathan D., Maples, Holly, Bell, Scott C., Saiman, Lisa   +4 more
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