Objectives Antibiotic stewardship programs (ASP) have already demonstrated clinical
benefits. However, their effectiveness or safety in immunocompromised hosts needs to be …

The study aims to evaluate antimicrobial consumption and appropriateness one year after
the implementation of an antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) program in an Internal Medicine …

Background Patients with cancer are particularly susceptible to developing drug-resistant
organisms due to the high frequency of infections during cancer treatment and the use of …

Multiple modes of interventions are available when implementing an antibiotic stewardship
program (ASP), however, their complementarity has not yet been assessed. In a 938-bed …

Background. Antimicrobial stewardship programs are increasingly implemented in hospital
care. They aim to simultaneously optimize outcomes for individual patients with infections …

We aimed to define a novel indicator for monitoring antimicrobial use specifically in the
Emergency Department Observation Unit (EDOU) and to assess the long-term impact of an …

Background Antimicrobial stewardship programs can optimize antimicrobial use and have
been federally mandated in all hospitals. However, best stewardship practices in …

Background The global crisis of bacterial resistance urges the scientific community to
implement intervention programs in healthcare facilities to promote an appropriate use of …

Background We aimed to report the implementation of an antimicrobial stewardship program
(ASP) guided by clinically significant cultures in a hospital to assess its pharmaceutical …

In cancer patients, appropriate diagnosis and management of infection are frequently
challenging owing to subtle or atypical presentation. We investigated the effectiveness of …