Leveraging artificial intelligence to combat antimicrobial resistance in geriatric care

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pharmacy, Kurdistan Technical Institute, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
² Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, SIMAD University, Mogadishu, Somalia.
³ College of Social Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health and Maritime Transport, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece.
⁵ Pharmacy Department, National Defence College Clinic, Abuja, Nigeria.
⁶ Department of Pharmaceutical Services, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
⁷ School of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
⁸ Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, University of Sulaimani, Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
⁹ Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
¹⁰ Center for Research and Development, Cebu Normal University, Cebu, Philippines.
¹¹ Center for University Research, University of Makati, Makati City, Philippines.

Zhinya Kawa Othman et al. Digit Health. 2025.

. 2025 May 29:11:20552076251346612.

doi: 10.1177/20552076251346612. eCollection 2025 Jan-Dec.

¹ Department of Pharmacy, Kurdistan Technical Institute, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
² Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, SIMAD University, Mogadishu, Somalia.
³ College of Social Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health and Maritime Transport, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece.
⁵ Pharmacy Department, National Defence College Clinic, Abuja, Nigeria.
⁶ Department of Pharmaceutical Services, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
⁷ School of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
⁸ Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, University of Sulaimani, Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
⁹ Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
¹⁰ Center for Research and Development, Cebu Normal University, Cebu, Philippines.
¹¹ Center for University Research, University of Makati, Makati City, Philippines.

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Keywords: Antimicrobial resistance; antimicrobial stewardship; artificial intelligence; geriatrics.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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