Resistance to antimicrobial agents has become a major source of morbidity and mortality
worldwide. When antibiotics were first introduced in the 1900's, it was thought that we had …

Currently, the efficacy of antibiotics is severely affected by the emergence of the
antimicrobial resistance phenomenon, leading to increased morbidity and mortality …

BACKGROUND: Variation in medical practice has identified opportunities for quality
improvement in patient care. The degree of variation in the use of antibiotics in children's …

Objectives The aim of this study was to determine the temporal relation between the use of
antibiotics and alcohol-based hand rubs (ABHRs) and the incidence of methicillin-resistant …

The judicious use of antibiotics is an important strategy to preserving efficacy in the
treatment of infectious diseases. Infectious disease practitioners are poised to provide …

Can we exploit our burgeoning understanding of molecular evolution to slow the progress of
drug resistance? One role of an infection clinician is exactly that: to foresee trajectories to …

Antibiotic consumption is an easily quantifiable performance measure in hospitals and might
be used for monitoring. We conducted a review of published studies and online surveillance …

Objectives To determine the temporal relationship between antibiotic use and incidence of
antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli in both the inpatient and outpatient setting of a large …

Abstract The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is pursuing 3 distinct,
complementary efforts focused on providing data for action, including facility-level use …

The consumption of antibiotics in the inpatient setting of Switzerland was assessed to
determine possible differences between linguistic regions, and to compare these results with …