Advocacy for Increased International Efforts for Antimicrobial Stewardship Actions in Low-and Middle-Income Countries on Behalf of Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antimicrobials (APUA), Under the Auspices of the International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (ISAC)

Advocacy for Increased International Efforts for Antimicrobial Stewardship Actions in Low-and Middle-Income Countries on Behalf of Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antimicrobials (APUA), Under the Auspices of the International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (ISAC)

Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) is a set of coordinated strategies to improve the use of antimicrobials, to enhance patient outcomes, reduce antimicrobial resistance, and decrease unnecessary costs. The pioneer years of AMS were restricted to high-income countries (HIC), where overconsumption of ant...

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Main Authors: Pierre Tattevin, Gabriel Levy Hara, Adnene Toumi, Mushira Enani, Geoffrey Coombs, Andreas Voss, Heiman Wertheim, Armel Poda, Ziad Daoud, Ramanan Laxminarayan, Dilip Nathwani, Ian Gould
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
antimicrobial stewardship
low- and middle- income countries
antibiotics
resistance
education
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmed.2020.00503/full

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