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Antimicrobial Stewardship in Pediatrics

Antibiotics
Since the discovery of antibiotics in the early 20th century, significant changes have occurred in their usage principles [...]
Radoslaw Jaworski, Katarzyna Dzierzanowska-Fangrat   +1 more
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Policy Networks and Policy Entrepreneurship in the EU: Explaining Structural Policy Change in Pharmaceutical Innovation Incentives and Health Technology Assessment

European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Policy process research has excelled in explaining structural policy change within national settings, but extensions and applications to the EU level have long proven challenging for scholars. Given that the EU is currently experiencing its longest period of Treaty stability since the 1980s—having evolved into a sui generis political system ...
Vassilis Karokis‐Mavrikos
wiley   +1 more source

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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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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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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Tracheal wash culture is not associated with bronchial infection, remodelling or inflammation in horses with asthma

Equine Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Antimicrobials are commonly prescribed for the treatment of equine asthma, despite limited evidence supporting their use. Tracheal wash (TW) bacterial culture results are known to influence antimicrobial prescription decisions. Objectives To determine whether a positive TW bacterial culture in horses with asthma is associated with ...
Laurence Leduc, Guillaume St‐Jean, Jean‐Pierre Lavoie   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intravenous Versus Oral Omadacycline or Linezolid for Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Infections: A post hoc Analysis of the OASIS Trials

Infectious Diseases and Therapy
Introduction Appropriate oral antibiotic therapy for the treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI) is a challenge, as current oral treatment guidelines do not fully cover the most common skin pathogens.
George D. Rodriguez, Nathan Warren, Roman Yashayev, Surya Chitra, Maria Amodio-Groton, Kelly Wright   +5 more
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Influence of Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites on the Nutrient Composition

Food Safety and Health, EarlyView.
Nanomaterials and nanocomposites enhance crop nutrition and food quality by improving nutrient availability, plant uptake, and bioavailability through controlled delivery and nano‐encapsulation. Their applications in agriculture and food systems enable sustainable biofortification, improved preservation, and functional foods, while emphasizing safety ...
Akanksha Dwivedi, Roohi Yusufi, G. N. Darwhekar, Kuldeep Vinchurkar, Vijay R. Chidrawar   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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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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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