Antimicrobial stewardship: fighting antimicrobial resistance and protecting global public health

MAA Majumder, S Rahman, D Cohall… - Infection and drug …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious threat to global public health. It increases
morbidity and mortality, and is associated with high economic costs due to its health care …

[HTML][HTML] Origin of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance, and their impacts on drug development: A narrative review

G Muteeb, MT Rehman, M Shahwan, M Aatif - Pharmaceuticals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Antibiotics have revolutionized medicine, saving countless lives since their discovery in the
early 20th century. However, the origin of antibiotics is now overshadowed by the alarming …

[HTML][HTML] Global contributors to antibiotic resistance

A Chokshi, Z Sifri, D Cennimo… - Journal of global …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Methods: PUBMED was used to identify primary research, systematic reviews, and narrative
reviews published before Jan 2017. Search terms included antibiotic resistance …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial consumption and resistance in adult hospital inpatients in 53 countries: results of an internet-based global point prevalence survey

A Versporten, P Zarb, I Caniaux, MF Gros… - The Lancet Global …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Summary Background The Global Point Prevalence Survey (Global-PPS) established an
international network of hospitals to measure antimicrobial prescribing and resistance …

Antimicrobial resistance: a global multifaceted phenomenon

F Prestinaci, P Pezzotti, A Pantosti - Pathogens and global health, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most serious global public health threats in this
century. The first World Health Organization (WHO) Global report on surveillance of AMR …

Antibiotic resistance—the need for global solutions

R Laxminarayan, A Duse, C Wattal… - The Lancet infectious …, 2013 - thelancet.com
The causes of antibiotic resistance are complex and include human behaviour at many
levels of society; the consequences affect everybody in the world. Similarities with climate …

Systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical and economic outcomes from the implementation of hospital-based antimicrobial stewardship programs

S Karanika, S Paudel, C Grigoras… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
The implementation of antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) is a promising strategy to
help address the problem of antimicrobial resistance. We sought to determine the efficacy of …

[HTML][HTML] Antibiotic stewardship in the intensive care unit

CE Luyt, N Bréchot, JL Trouillet, J Chastre - Critical care, 2014 - Springer
The rapid emergence and dissemination of antimicrobial-resistant microorganisms in ICUs
worldwide constitute a problem of crisis dimensions. The root causes of this problem are …

Cytokine release syndrome grade as a predictive marker for infections in patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia treated with chimeric …

JH Park, FA Romero, Y Taur, M Sadelain… - Clinical Infectious …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)–modified T cells that target the CD19 antigen
present a novel promising therapy for the treatment of relapsed B-cell acute lymphoblastic …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial resistance: a global view from the 2013 World Healthcare-Associated Infections Forum

A Huttner, S Harbarth, J Carlet, S Cosgrove… - … resistance and infection …, 2013 - Springer
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is now a global threat. Its emergence rests on antimicrobial
overuse in humans and food-producing animals; globalization and suboptimal infection …