Background Hospital antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) aim to promote judicious
use of antimicrobials to combat antimicrobial resistance. For ASPs to be developed …

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) threatens human and ecological health worldwide. Unless
major changes occur across the human, animal and environmental sectors, the problem will …

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a rapidly developing and alarming global threat which has
been highlighted by national governments and public health bodies including the World …

Background Conducted as part of the Driving Reinvestment in Research and Development
and Responsible Antibiotic Use (DRIVE-AB) project, this study aimed to identify key …

Introduction: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) continues to be associated with
significant mortality and morbidity. As with other infectious diseases, in recent years there …

To optimize antibiotic use, the US CDC has outlined core elements of antimicrobial
stewardship programs (ASP). However, they are difficult to implement in limited-resource …

Objectives To study the impact of clinical pharmacist interventions (PIs) on antimicrobial
prescriptions in terms of physician acceptance rates, clinical benefits and antimicrobial …

Pharmacoepidemiological research about antibiotics is supported by the World Health
Organization (WHO), but data regarding antibiotic prevalence based on actual prescriptions …

Background: Inappropriate antibiotic use is a major public health concern. Excessive
exposure to antibiotics results in the proliferation of multidrug-resistant bacteria, increase in …

Background Most of the antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) literature has focused on
antimicrobial consumption for the treatment of infections, for the prophylaxis of surgical site …