Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS)Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)antibioticslow and middle-income countries (LMIC)primary careAntimicrobial drugs are the basis of modern medicine, saving lives and allowing surgery and chemotherapy to be possible. Inappropriate use of antimicrobials has led to resistance, meaning...
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antimicrobial resistance has been associated with nearly 5 million deaths.1It is postulated that AMR may overtake cancer as a leading cause of mortality by 20502. It is obvious that antimicrobial stewardship is critical and yet health care clinicians in ...
Antimicrobial stewardship in long term care facilities: what is effective? Antimicrob Resist Infect Control (2014) 3 :6.10.1186/2047-2994-3-6 [ Cross Ref ]Nicolle LE. Antimicrobial stewardship in long term care facilities: What is effective? Antimicrob Resist Infect Control 2014;3:6....
"Antimicrobial stewardship is a collective responsibility of all of us—clinicians and patients alike. We all need to participate in the conservation of the available antimicrobials by prescribing them only when needed and not using them indiscriminately," says Dr. Virk. "Thus, we can continue to...
“the plasmid paradox” also holds true for clinically relevant AMR-harboring CPs and their bacterial hosts remains unknown and the answer to this question is of great medical importance as this could profoundly influence the outcomes of current measures fighting AMR such as antibiotic stewardship. Th...
Antibiotic stewardship is designed to optimize antimicrobial therapy administered to hospitalized patients, to ensure cost-effective therapy and improve pa... P Lesprit,C Brun-Buisson - 《Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases》 被引量: 148发表: 2008年 Antibiotic Stewardship Ward Rounds and a Dedicated...
Because CDAD is an unintended consequence of antimicrobial use, antimicrobial stewardship is vital to its prevention. The environment remains an important vector for the transmission of the organism; thus, hand washing and rigorous ... RCJ Owens,AJ Valenti - 《Infectious Disease in Clinical Practice...
Fortunately, there are ways to bridge this stewardship gap between large and small hospitals: Involve leadership. We found that 45% of hospitals did not have a written statement of support for antibiotic stewardship,4 despite the CDC's acknowledgement that formally engaging leaders is critical.6 Co...
Antimicrobial stewardship in hospitals: Does it work and can we do it? Selection of resistant pathogens by antimicrobial use is probably the most important cause of antimicrobial resistance. Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) ref... GL Hara - 《Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance》 被引量: 5发...