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Antimicrobial Stewardship: Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance and Protecting Global Public Health
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious threat to global public health. It increases morbidity and mortality, and is associated with high economic costs due to its health care burden. Infections with multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria also have substantial implications on clinical and economic o...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7778387/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33402841 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S290835 |
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author | Majumder, Md Anwarul Azim Rahman, Sayeeda Cohall, Damian Bharatha, Ambadasu Singh, Keerti Haque, Mainul Gittens-St Hilaire, Marquita |
author_facet | Majumder, Md Anwarul Azim Rahman, Sayeeda Cohall, Damian Bharatha, Ambadasu Singh, Keerti Haque, Mainul Gittens-St Hilaire, Marquita |
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description | Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious threat to global public health. It increases morbidity and mortality, and is associated with high economic costs due to its health care burden. Infections with multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria also have substantial implications on clinical and economic outcomes. Moreover, increased indiscriminate use of antibiotics during the COVID-19 pandemic will heighten bacterial resistance and ultimately lead to more deaths. This review highlights AMR’s scale and consequences, the importance, and implications of an antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) to fight resistance and protect global health. Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS), an organizational or system-wide health-care strategy, is designed to promote, improve, monitor, and evaluate the rational use of antimicrobials to preserve their future effectiveness, along with the promotion and protection of public health. ASP has been very successful in promoting antimicrobials’ appropriate use by implementing evidence-based interventions. The “One Health” approach, a holistic and multisectoral approach, is also needed to address AMR’s rising threat. AMS practices, principles, and interventions are critical steps towards containing and mitigating AMR. Evidence-based policies must guide the “One Health” approach, vaccination protocols, health professionals’ education, and the public’s awareness about AMR. |
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spelling | pubmed-77783872021-01-04 Antimicrobial Stewardship: Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance and Protecting Global Public Health Majumder, Md Anwarul Azim Rahman, Sayeeda Cohall, Damian Bharatha, Ambadasu Singh, Keerti Haque, Mainul Gittens-St Hilaire, Marquita Infect Drug Resist Review Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious threat to global public health. It increases morbidity and mortality, and is associated with high economic costs due to its health care burden. Infections with multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria also have substantial implications on clinical and economic outcomes. Moreover, increased indiscriminate use of antibiotics during the COVID-19 pandemic will heighten bacterial resistance and ultimately lead to more deaths. This review highlights AMR’s scale and consequences, the importance, and implications of an antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) to fight resistance and protect global health. Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS), an organizational or system-wide health-care strategy, is designed to promote, improve, monitor, and evaluate the rational use of antimicrobials to preserve their future effectiveness, along with the promotion and protection of public health. ASP has been very successful in promoting antimicrobials’ appropriate use by implementing evidence-based interventions. The “One Health” approach, a holistic and multisectoral approach, is also needed to address AMR’s rising threat. AMS practices, principles, and interventions are critical steps towards containing and mitigating AMR. Evidence-based policies must guide the “One Health” approach, vaccination protocols, health professionals’ education, and the public’s awareness about AMR. Dove 2020-12-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7778387/ /pubmed/33402841 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S290835 Text en © 2020 Majumder et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php). |
spellingShingle | Review Majumder, Md Anwarul Azim Rahman, Sayeeda Cohall, Damian Bharatha, Ambadasu Singh, Keerti Haque, Mainul Gittens-St Hilaire, Marquita Antimicrobial Stewardship: Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance and Protecting Global Public Health |
title | Antimicrobial Stewardship: Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance and Protecting Global Public Health |
title_full | Antimicrobial Stewardship: Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance and Protecting Global Public Health |
title_fullStr | Antimicrobial Stewardship: Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance and Protecting Global Public Health |
title_full_unstemmed | Antimicrobial Stewardship: Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance and Protecting Global Public Health |
title_short | Antimicrobial Stewardship: Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance and Protecting Global Public Health |
title_sort | antimicrobial stewardship: fighting antimicrobial resistance and protecting global public health |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7778387/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33402841 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S290835 |
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