The antibiogram is an essential resource for institutions to track changes in antimicrobial
resistance and to guide empirical antimicrobial therapy. In this Viewpoint, data and …

Intensive care unit (ICU) practitioners and emergency department clinicians are in urgent
need of a major upgrade in their access to accurate and fast microbial diagnosis (Table 1) …

Background: An estimated two-thirds of global sales of antimicrobials occur over the counter
without a prescription. Furthermore, antimicrobials are the most commonly sold medicines in …

Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) facilitate fast and accurate identification of infectious disease
microorganisms and are a valuable component of multimodal antimicrobial stewardship …

Abstract Background Antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) aim to provide optimal
antimicrobial therapy to patients quickly to improve the likelihood of overcoming infection …

Antimicrobial resistance is increasing at an alarming rate in the Gulf Cooperation Council
(GCC) owing to the overuse and misuse of antimicrobials. Novel and rare multidrug-resistant …

Background Evidence about the clinical impact of rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) for the
diagnosis of bloodstream infections is limited, and whether RDT are superior to conventional …

Prospective audit and feedback (PAF) is considered an effective procedure for appropriate
antibiotic use. However, its effect on the time to de-escalation is unclear. We aimed to …

This review sets out to evaluate the current evidence on the impact of inappropriate therapy
on bloodstream infections (BSI) and associated mortality. Based on the premise that better …

Although new antimicrobial stewardship programmes (ASPs) often begin by targeting the
reduction of antimicrobial use, an increasing focus of ASPs is to improve the management of …