Opinion statement Antimicrobial stewardship is a new field that struggles to find the right
balance between meaningful and useful metrics to study the impact of antimicrobial …

Background Excess morbidity and mortality following critical illness is increasingly attributed
to potentially avoidable complications occurring as a result of complex ICU management …

Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine the rate of prolonged empiric antibiotic
therapy in adult ICUs in the United States. Our secondary objective is to examine the …

Unnecessary antibiotic regimens in the intensive care unit (ICU) are associated with adverse
patient outcomes and antimicrobial resistance. Bacterial infections (BI) are both common …

Background Despite reduced infectious disease mortality and improved survival, infectious
diseases continue to pose health threats due to their contagiousness, societal harm, and …

Abstract Objective Bacterial infections (BIs) are common, costly, and potentially life-
threatening in critically ill patients. Patients with suspected BIs may require empiric multidrug …

BACKGROUNDAs mandatory public reporting of healthcare-associated infections
increases, there is concern that clinicians could attempt to decrease rates by avoiding the …

Objective The purpose of this study was to describe antimicrobial utilization, consumption,
indications and microbial resistance in a medical-surgical-trauma intensive care unit (ICU) of …

Introduction The interval from presentation with systemic inflammatory response syndrome
(SIRS) to the start of antibiotic administration affects mortality in patients with sepsis …

Infectious Diseases Society of America diabetic foot infection (DFI) guidelines indicate
empiric methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) coverage for patients with a …