Human resources estimates and funding for antibiotic stewardship teams are urgently needed

C Pulcini¹, C M Morel², E Tacconelli³, B Beovic⁴, K de With⁵, H Goossens⁶, S Harbarth⁷, A Holmes⁸, P Howard⁹, A M Morris¹⁰, D Nathwani¹¹, M Sharland¹², J Schouten¹³, K Thursky¹⁴, R Laxminarayan¹⁵, M Mendelson¹⁶

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¹ Lorraine University, EA 4360 APEMAC, Nancy, France; Nancy University Hospital, Infectious Diseases Department, Nancy, France; ESCMID Study Group for Antimicrobial stewardshiP (ESGAP). Electronic address: celine.pulcini@univ-lorraine.fr.
² University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland; London School of Economics, London, United Kingdom.
³ Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine 1, DZIF Centre, Tübingen University, Germany; European Committee on Infection Control (EUCIC).
⁴ ESCMID Study Group for Antimicrobial stewardshiP (ESGAP); University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
⁵ University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus at the TU Dresden, Division of Infectious Diseases, Dresden, Germany.
⁶ Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
⁷ Infection Control Program and Division of Infectious Diseases, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁸ Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Imperial College London, London, UK.
⁹ ESCMID Study Group for Antimicrobial stewardshiP (ESGAP); Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK.
¹⁰ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Sinai Health System, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
¹¹ Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, UK; British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC), Birmingham, UK.
¹² Paediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group, St George's, University of London, London, UK.
¹³ ESCMID Study Group for Antimicrobial stewardshiP (ESGAP); IQ Healthcare, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
¹⁴ National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship, Royal Melbourne Hospital at the Peter Doherty Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
¹⁵ Centre for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy, New Delhi, India.
¹⁶ Division of Infectious Diseases & HIV Medicine, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.

PMID: 28778544
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2017.07.013

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Human resources estimates and funding for antibiotic stewardship teams are urgently needed

C Pulcini et al. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2017 Nov.

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. 2017 Nov;23(11):785-787.

doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2017.07.013. Epub 2017 Aug 2.

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¹ Lorraine University, EA 4360 APEMAC, Nancy, France; Nancy University Hospital, Infectious Diseases Department, Nancy, France; ESCMID Study Group for Antimicrobial stewardshiP (ESGAP). Electronic address: celine.pulcini@univ-lorraine.fr.
² University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland; London School of Economics, London, United Kingdom.
³ Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine 1, DZIF Centre, Tübingen University, Germany; European Committee on Infection Control (EUCIC).
⁴ ESCMID Study Group for Antimicrobial stewardshiP (ESGAP); University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
⁵ University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus at the TU Dresden, Division of Infectious Diseases, Dresden, Germany.
⁶ Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
⁷ Infection Control Program and Division of Infectious Diseases, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁸ Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Imperial College London, London, UK.
⁹ ESCMID Study Group for Antimicrobial stewardshiP (ESGAP); Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK.
¹⁰ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Sinai Health System, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
¹¹ Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, UK; British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC), Birmingham, UK.
¹² Paediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group, St George's, University of London, London, UK.
¹³ ESCMID Study Group for Antimicrobial stewardshiP (ESGAP); IQ Healthcare, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
¹⁴ National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship, Royal Melbourne Hospital at the Peter Doherty Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
¹⁵ Centre for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy, New Delhi, India.
¹⁶ Division of Infectious Diseases & HIV Medicine, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.

PMID: 28778544
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2017.07.013

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Keywords: Anti-bacterial agents; Antimicrobial; Conservation; Economics; Stewardship.

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