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Duration of Treatment for Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacteremia: a Retrospective Study
(SPRINGER LONDON LTD, 2022)
Introduction: There is no consensus regarding optimal duration of antibiotic therapy for Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia. We aimed to evaluate the impact of short antibiotic course. Methods: We present a retrospective ...
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Impact of antimicrobial stewardship programs on antibiotic consumption and antimicrobial resistance in four Colombian healthcare institutions
(Biomed Central LTD, 2022)
Background: Antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) have become a fundamental pillar in optimizing antimicro‑ bial usage, improving patient care, and reducing antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Herein we evaluated the ...
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Optimizing design of research to evaluate antibiotic stewardship interventions: consensus recommendations of a multinational working group
(Elsevier, 2020)
Background Antimicrobial stewardship interventions and programmes aim to ensure effective treatment while minimizing antimicrobial-associated harms including resistance. Practice in this vital area is undermined by the ...
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Antibiotic use and outcome in patients with negative blood cultures, a new target population for antimicrobial stewardship interventions: A prospective multicentre cohort (NO-BACT)
(Elsevier, 2024)
Objectives: To evaluate the appropriateness of antimicrobial treatment and the risk factors for mortality in patients with negative blood cultures (BC), in order to evaluate whether this population would be a suitable target ...
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What is the evidence base of used aggregated antibiotic resistance percentages to change empirical antibiotic treatment? A scoping review
(Elsevier, 2021-12-11)
Objectives Antibiotic resistance requires continuous monitoring by experts to decide whether empirical antibiotic therapies (EATs) should be replaced by alternative antibiotics. The exact moment and criteria for this ...
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The Global Alliance for Infections in Surgery: defining a model for antimicrobial stewardship—results from an international cross-sectional survey
(BMC, 2017)
Background: Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs (ASPs) have been promoted to optimize antimicrobial usage and patient outcomes, and to reduce the emergence of antimicrobial-resistant organisms. However, the best strategies ...
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Predictors of inappropriate antimicrobial prescription: Eight-year point prevalence surveys experience in a third level hospital in Spain
(Frontiers Media S.A., 2022)
Antibiotic stewardship programs (ASP) have already demonstrated clinical benefits. We aimed to describe the Point Prevalence Surveys (PPS) methodology implemented in our hospital as an efficient tool to guide ASP strategies. ...