Antimicrobial Stewardship Program in an acute care hospital in New Orleans: impact on antibiotic utilization.

Michelle D Blyth, Bionca W Conway, Lonzie Beamon, M Jacques Nsuami, Julio E Figueroa

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Article in Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Michelle D BlythSection of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA.

Bionca W ConwayLCMC Health, Touro Infirmary, New Orleans, LA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-4863-8087

Lonzie BeamonLCMC Health, Touro Infirmary, New Orleans, LA, USA.

M Jacques NsuamiSection of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4767-5309

Julio E FigueroaSection of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8716-7465

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Abstract

Objectives: To evaluate antibiotic utilization in relation to antimicrobial stewardship activities in a 170-bed Touro Infirmary hospital in New Orleans. Methods: We evaluated antibiotic utilization for antipseudomonal beta-lactams, methicillin-resistant Results: During the observation period, days of therapy for antipseudomonal beta-lactams, anti-MRSA, and fluoroquinolones consistently and significantly decreased from baseline to ASI 2, time 2 ( Conclusions: Clinical microbiology laboratories integrated into Antimicrobial Stewardship Program are associated with reductions in days of antibiotic therapy and days of intravenous antibiotic administration at Touro Infirmary.

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PMID42038628

DOI10.1017/ash.2025.10284

PMCPMC13104531

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