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Antimicrobial Consumption and Appropriateness in Australian Hospitals: a Parallel Analysis of 2023 National Surveillance Data

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
Background: A comprehensive understanding of antimicrobial prescribing practices, requires antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) clinicians to assess both the quantity and quality of antimicrobial prescribing.
Caroline Chen, Erin Connor, Josephine Wen, Karin Thursky, Rodney James   +4 more
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Identifying barriers and enablers to participation in infection surveillance in Australian residential aged care facilities

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Infection surveillance is a vital part of infection prevention and control activities for the aged care sector. In Australia there are two currently available infection and antimicrobial use surveillance programs for residential aged care ...
Eliza Watson, Leslie Dowson, David Dunt, Karin Thursky, Leon J. Worth, Janet K. Sluggett, Amanda Appathurai, Noleen Bennett, for the National Infection Surveillance Program in Aged Care (NISPAC) Advisory Group   +8 more
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Presence of urinary symptoms in bacteremic urinary tract infection: a retrospective cohort study of Escherichia coli bacteremia

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background It is important to understand clinical features of bacteremic urinary tract infection (bUTI), because bUTI is a serious infection that requires prompt diagnosis and antibiotic therapy.
Anthony D. Bai, Michael J. Bonares, Samuel Thrall, Chaim M. Bell, Andrew M. Morris   +4 more
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Universal SARS-CoV-2 RT-qPCR admission screening over 21 months in a German tertiary care hospital: detection of asymptomatic infections

BMC Infectious Diseases
Numerous nosocomial infections were observed in hospitals and other healthcare facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic, largely attributed to asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic carriers.
Isabella Eiter, Till Gallasch, Sören Krüger, Michael Eisenmann, Vera Rauschenberger, Anna Höhn, Sina Ebert, Kerstin Knies, Christiane Prifert, Benedikt Weißbrich, Lars Dölken, Stefanie Kampmeier, Isabell Wagenhäuser, Manuel Krone   +13 more
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Tackling Staph: Reducing Staphylococcus aureus Colonization in a College Football Team

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
Introduction: Athletes in contact sports have a higher rate of Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage than the general population, leading to an increased risk of skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs).
Jessica Seidelman, Erin Gettler, Aaron Barrett, Bobby Warren, Hap Zarzour, Connor Warren, Jeffrey Bytomski, Nicholas Potter, Becky Smith, Deverick Anderson   +9 more
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Antimicrobial Stewardship for Africa

JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, 2019
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Is Education Alone Enough to Sustain Improvements of Antimicrobial Stewardship in General Practice in Australia? Results of an Intervention Follow-Up Study

, 2023
Sustained behaviour change and practice improvements for the optimal use of antimicrobials remains challenging in primary care. In 2018, a simple antimicrobial stewardship education programme involving guideline recommendations for common infections ...
Robin Sangwan, Eugene Athan, Sajal K. Saha, Stella May Gwini, Alicia J. Neels   +4 more
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A baseline assessment of antimicrobial stewardship core element implementation in selected public hospitals in Malawi: findings from the 2023 National Program Audit

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundAntimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a significant global health challenge, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). In Malawi, frequent stockouts of essential medicines and the widespread dispensing of antibiotics without ...
Ronald Chitatanga, Ronald Chitatanga, Chikhulupiliro Yiwombe, Chikhulupiliro Yiwombe, Oscar Divala, Mwayi Prudence Msokera, Ellen Banda, Ellen Banda, Hope Chadwala, Manuel Wellington Gilmon, Wezi Kaminyoghe, Innocent Chibwe, Innocent Chibwe, Harry Milala, Harry Milala, Alinafe Kawerama, Alinafe Kawerama, Kenneth Nyoni, Chikumbutso Mpanga, Christina Mwinjiwa, Akuzike Makondesa, Maurice Mwehiwa, Donald Mlombwa, Daniel Namalawe, Silver Benito, Emmie Jingini, Evelyn Wesangula, Martin Matu, Emily Ciccone, Robert Krysiak, Collins Mitambo, Titha Dzowela   +31 more
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Country Income Is Only One of the Tiles: The Global Journey of Antimicrobial Resistance among Humans, Animals, and Environment

Antibiotics, 2020
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most complex global health challenges today: decades of overuse and misuse in human medicine, animal health, agriculture, and dispersion into the environment have produced the dire consequence of infections to
Angela Pieri, Richard Aschbacher, Giada Fasani, Jole Mariella, Lorenzo Brusetti, Elisabetta Pagani, Massimo Sartelli, Leonardo Pagani   +7 more
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Antimicrobial stewardship: guidance for all healthcare settings

, 2022
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been recognised as one of the greatest potential threats to human and animal health over the last decade. AMR is the ability of a microorganism to survive and resist exposure to antimicrobial drugs, threatening the ...
SARI Hospital Antimicrobial Stewardship Working Group
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