Assessment of De-Escalation of Empirical Antimicrobial Therapy in Medical Wards with Recognized Prevalence of Multi-Drug-Resistant Pathogens: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study in Non-ICU Patients with Microbiologically Documented Infection

• Main Authors: Vasiliki Rapti (Author), Garyfallia Poulakou (Author), Anastasia Mousouli (Author), Athanasios Kakasis (Author), Stamata Pagoni (Author), Evmorfia Pechlivanidou (Author), Aikaterini Masgala (Author), Styliani Sympardi (Author), Vasileios Apostolopoulos (Author), Charalampos Giannopoulos (Author), Nikolaos Alexiou (Author), Kostoula Arvaniti (Author), Christina Trakatelli (Author), Apostolos Prionas (Author), Michael Samarkos (Author), George L. Daikos (Author), Helen Giamarellou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Antimicrobial resistance poses a major threat to human health worldwide and the implementation of antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs), including antimicrobial de-escalation (ADE), is a multifaceted tool for minimizing unnecessary or inappropriate antibiotic exposure. This was a prospective obs...