Scientific evidence and research in antimicrobial stewardship

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Evaluating the impact of antibiotic stewardship programs is challenging. There is evidence that they are effective in terms of reducing the consumption and cost of antibiotics, although establishing their impact on antimicrobial resistance (beyond restrictive policies in outbreaks caused by specific antimicrobial resistant organisms) and clinical outcomes is more difficult. Proper definitions of exposure and outcome variables, the use of advanced and appropriate statistical analyses and well-designed quasi-experimental studies would more accurately support the conclusions. Cluster randomized trials should be used whenever possible and appropriate, although the limitations of this approach should also be acknowledged. These issues are reviewed in this paper. We conclude that there are good research opportunities in the field of antibiotic stewardship.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2013

Erschienen:

2013

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:31 Suppl 4

Enthalten in:

Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica - 31 Suppl 4(2013) vom: 14. Sept., Seite 56-61

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Almirante, Benito [VerfasserIn]
Garnacho-Montero, José [VerfasserIn]
Pachón, Jerónimo [VerfasserIn]
Pascual, Álvaro [VerfasserIn]
Rodríguez-Baño, Jesús [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Antibiotic policy
Antibiotic stewardship
Antibiotic use
Calidad asistencial
Clinical research
Diseños epidemiológicos
Epidemiologic designs
Healthcare quality
Investigación clínica
Journal Article
Política de antibióticos
Programas de antibioterapia
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Uso de antibióticos

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Date Completed 04.09.2014

Date Revised 16.10.2013

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/S0213-005X(13)70134-4

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM231734166