Antimicrobial stewardship in solid organ transplantation-A call for action!

Graeme N Forrest¹, Miranda So^{2

3}, Jonathan Hand⁴, Stephanie Pouch⁵, Shahid Husain^{2

6}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Disease, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
² Sinai Health System-University Health Network Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
³ Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
⁴ Ochsner Medical Center, The University of Queensland School of Medicine, Ochsner Clinical School, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
⁵ Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
⁶ Ajmera Transplant Center, Division of Infectious Diseases, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Editorial

Graeme N Forrest et al. Transpl Infect Dis. 2022 Oct.

. 2022 Oct;24(5):e13938.

doi: 10.1111/tid.13938.

Graeme N Forrest¹, Miranda So^{2

3}, Jonathan Hand⁴, Stephanie Pouch⁵, Shahid Husain^{2

6}

¹ Division of Infectious Disease, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
² Sinai Health System-University Health Network Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
³ Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
⁴ Ochsner Medical Center, The University of Queensland School of Medicine, Ochsner Clinical School, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
⁵ Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
⁶ Ajmera Transplant Center, Division of Infectious Diseases, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

No abstract available

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