Elderly people confined to chronic care facilities face an increased risk of acquiring
infections by multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs). This review presents the current …

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global public-health emergency, which threatens the
advances made by modern medical care over the past century. The World Health …

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the implementation of antimicrobial stewardship strategies
has been recommended. This study aimed to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic …

Since the concept of antimicrobial stewardship was introduced by McGowan and Finland 1
and others in the 1970s, stewardship programs have evolved from costcontainment …

Patients with haematological malignancies, haemopoietic stem cell transplant recipients and
patients requiring admission to intensive care settings are at high risk for invasive …

Background Long-term care facilities (LTCFs) are health-care settings with high
antimicrobial consumption and hence need to develop effective antimicrobial stewardship …

There are few prospective studies with sufficient duration in time to evaluate clinical and
antibiotic resistance impact of antibiotic stewardship programs (ASP). This is a descriptive …

Currently, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major threat to global public health. The
antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) has been proposed as an important approach to …

Background There is little evidence on the ecological effect and sustainability of
antimicrobial stewardship programmes (ASPs) in primary-care settings. We aimed to …

These guidelines were developed as a part of the 2021 Academic R&D Service Project of
the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency in response to requests from healthcare …