Successful Antimicrobial Stewardship Approaches to Address Nosocomial Infections
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382). This special issue belongs to the section "Antibiotics Use and Antimicrobial Stewardship".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 476
Special Issue Editor
Interests: antibiotic resistance; microbiology; antibiotics; bacterial antibiotic resistance; bacteriology; antimicrobial resistance; antibacterial activity; general microbiology; microbial isolation
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Dear Colleagues,
Successful antimicrobial stewardship approaches are used to address nosocomial infections such as hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), which can occur in outpatient settings, although most occur while the patient is hospitalized.
Patients hospitalized in certain wards, i.e., intensive care units (ICU), have increased chances of acquiring an infection that can be caused by resistant bacteria, requiring the use of reserve antibiotics. The difficulty involved in managing it requirew serious consideration of what represents the most appropriate therapy.
Antimicrobial stewardship (AST) is a strategy designed to improve the use of antimicrobials in different settings, including hospitals. However, modifying prescription habits, increasing adherence to therapeutic guidelines and improving the empirical use of antibiotics can be challenging, especially if microbiological testing is difficult or there are shortages of certain antibiotics.
The pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 overshadowed the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) pandemic. At first, antibiotics were increasingly used to treat this viral infection, which helped to increase the AMR phenomenon.
AST should be a clear habit in the minds of all healthcare professionals. Notwithstanding this fact, in real life, implementing AST faces several challenges, including a need for more awareness and education. Furthermore, limited resources allocated for these activities limit the implementation of AST, which should be a continuous task.
This Special Issue seeks studies of successful hospital AST experiences, including innovative and engaging approaches that are useful for the management of antimicrobial resistance.
Dr. Eduardo Rodríguez-Noriega
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- bacterial
- resistance
- antimicrobial
- stewardship
