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Antibiotic stewardship challenges in the management of community-acquired infections for prevention of escalating antibiotic resistance

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Summary, in English

Community-acquired infections, including respiratory tract infections (RTIs) and urinary tract infections (UTIs), represent a major burden for most healthcare systems, partially due to ineffective or inappropriate antibiotic treatment leading to clinical failure, which often requires alternative antibiotics for cure. Appropriate antimicrobial use not only maximises clinical success in the treatment of community-acquired infections, but also minimises unintended consequences such as resistance development or collateral damage. This article outlines a range of antibiotic stewardship strategies and other preventative approaches that support the management of community-acquired infections, based on existing antibiotic use for community-acquired infections and the current resistance patterns among common RTI and UTI pathogens. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Chemotherapy of Infection and Cancer.

Publishing year

2014

Language

English

Pages

245-253

Publication/Series

Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance

Volume

2

Issue

4

Document type

Journal article review

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Immunology in the medical area
  • Microbiology in the medical area

Keywords

  • Antibiotic stewardship
  • Antibiotic resistance
  • Community-acquired
  • infection

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2213-7165