ReviewClinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America2016
Measuring Appropriate Antimicrobial Use: Attempts at Opening the Black Box.
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86 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Antibiotic prescription practices in primary care in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLoS medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Quality indicators assessing antibiotic use in the outpatient setting: a systematic review followed by an international multidisciplinary consensus procedure.The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy · 2018Pooled it
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- A multi-site observational study of rationality assessment for carbapenem use in China: carbapenem stewardship opportunities.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026Article
- Electronic Clinical Quality Measures of Antibiotic Use in Hospitalized Adults With Uncomplicated Community-Acquired Pneumonia.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2026Article
- Clinical and microbiological characteristics of neonates with bacteremia by NDM-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a Peruvian referral hospital.Revista peruana de medicina experimental y salud publica · 2026Article
- ASP-COMPLEX: redefining antimicrobial stewardship to improve outcomes in high-risk patients with severe infections.Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia · 2026Review
- Evaluation of piperacillin-tazobactam appropriateness and underlying drivers of inappropriate prescribing in a Belgian University Hospital: a retrospective study.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2026Article
- Antibiotic Stewardship at transitions of care: identifying opportunities for antibiotic optimization.Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2026Article
- Guidance for the Knowledge and Skills required for Antimicrobial Stewardship Leaders: an update from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, and the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists.Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2026Article
- Cultivating global antimicrobial stewardship: prescribing quality and implementability insights from Portugal's First Hospital National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2025Article
- Thirty-Day Mortality Associated With Carbapenemase-ProducingOpen forum infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Compliance with global action plan on antibiotic prescription and utilization: a multi-facility cross-sectional study in southern Nigeria.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Test and treat-impact of microbiological testing on antibiotic prescribing for Legionnaires' disease in Switzerland: results of the multicentre SwissLEGIO study.Pneumonia (Nathan Qld.) · 2025Article
- Mitigating inequitable access to appropriate antibiotics in low- and middle-income countries.JAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2025Review
- C. Diff-erently: evaluating the association of inappropriate antibiotic use with hospital-onsetAntimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2025Article
- An in-depth analysis of antimicrobial prescription quality in 10 non-university hospitals, in southwest Germany, 2021.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2024Article
- Evaluating Antibiotic Misuse and Cost Analysis Among Hospitalized Dengue Virus-Infected Adults: Insights From a Retrospective Cohort Study.Open forum infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Cultivating global antimicrobial stewardship: linguistic and cultural validation of the Australian National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey appropriateness assessment definitions for Portugal.The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy · 2024Article
- Research agenda for antibiotic stewardship within the Veterans' Health Administration, 2024-2028.Infection control and hospital epidemiology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Indiscriminate antimicrobial use has plagued medicine since antibiotics were first introduced into clinical practice >70 years ago. Infectious diseases physicians and public health officials have advocated for preservation of these life-saving drugs for many years. With rising burden of antimicrobial-resistant organisms and Clostridium difficile infections, halting unnecessary antimicrobial use has become one of the largest public health concerns of our time. Inappropriate antimicrobial use has been quantified in various settings using numerous definitions; however, no established reference standard exists. With mounting national efforts to improve antimicrobial use, a consensus definition and standard method of measuring appropriate antimicrobial use is imperative. We review existing literature on systematic approaches to define and measure appropriate antimicrobial use, and describe a collaborative effort at developing standardized audit tools for assessing the quality of antimicrobial prescribing.
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