Influential Papers in Antimicrobial Stewardship 2022
Influential Papers in Antimicrobial Stewardship 2022
Antibiotic Awareness Week 2022
This year for Antibiotic Awareness Week, we encourage practitioners to review a few studies that were influential Antimicrobial Stewardship from the past year. A summary of the findings and implications of these papers were presented by the author of this post, Scott Bergman, PharmD at the IDWeek conference in Washington D.C. recently.
- Rural–urban differences in antibiotic prescribing for uncomplicated urinary tract infection. Infect Contr Hosp Epidem. 2021 (Dec); 42: 1437-44
- Estimating daily antibiotic harms: an umbrella review with individual study meta-analysis. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2022 (Apr); 28: 479-90
- Klatt ME, Schulz LT, Fleischman D Fox BC, Burke S, Grinder D, et al. Implementation of telehealth antimicrobial stewardship through a partnership of an academic medical center and community hospital. Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2021 (Dec); 78: 2256-64
- Moehring RW, Yarrington ME, Warren BG, Lokhnygina Y, Atkinson E, Bankston A, et al. Evaluation of an Opt-Out Protocol for Antibiotic De-escalation in Patients with Suspected Sepsis: a multicenter randomized controlled trial. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 (Sep); Online ahead of print
- Molina J, Montero-Mateos E, Praena-Segovia J, Leon-Jimenez E, Natera C, Lopez-Cortes LE, et al. Seven-versus 14-day course of antibiotics for the treatment of bloodstream infections by Enterobacterales: a randomized, controlled trial. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2022 (Apr);28:550-557
Follow the link below to read the full blog post at the UNMC Division of Infectious Diseases:
About the Author:
Scott Bergman, PharmD, FCCP, FIDSA, BCIDP
Pharmacy Coordinator, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program – Nebraska Medicine
Clinical Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center – College of Pharmacy
