Effects of a Primary Care Antimicrobial Stewardship Program on Meticillin-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Strains across a Region of Catalunya (Spain) over 5 Years

• Main Authors: Alfredo Jover-Sáenz (Author), María Ramírez-Hidalgo (Author), Alba Bellés Bellés (Author), Esther Ribes Murillo (Author), Meritxell Batlle Bosch (Author), Anna Ribé Miró (Author), Alba Mari López (Author), José Cayado Cabanillas (Author), Neus Piqué Palacín (Author), Sònia Garrido-Calvo (Author), Mireia Ortiz Valls (Author), María Isabel Gracia Vilas (Author), Laura Gros Navés (Author), María Jesús Javierre Caudevilla (Author), Lidia Montull Navarro (Author), Cecilia Bañeres Argiles (Author), Pilar Vaqué Castilla (Author), José Javier Ichart Tomás (Author), Mireia Saura Codina (Author), Ester Andreu Mayor (Author), Roser Martorell Solé (Author), Ana Vena Martínez (Author), José Manuel Albalad Samper (Author), Susana Cano Marrón (Author), Cristina Soler Elcacho (Author), Andrés Rodríguez Garrocho (Author), Gemma Terrer Manrique (Author), Antoni Solé Curcó (Author), David de la Rica Escuin (Author), María José Estadella Servalls (Author), Ana M. Figueres Farreny (Author), Luís Miguel Montaña Esteban (Author), Lidia Sanz Borrell (Author), Arancha Morales Valle (Author), Mercè Pallerola Planes (Author), Aly Hamadi (Author), Francesc Pujol Aymerich (Author), Francisca Toribio Redondo (Author), María Cruz Urgelés Castillón (Author), Juan Valgañon Palacios (Author), Marc Olivart Parejo (Author), Joan Torres- (Author), the P-ILEHRDA Group (Author), on behalf of Clinical Microbiology and Antibiotic Resistance Group -IRB (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Primary care antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) interventions can reduce the over-prescription of unnecessary antibiotics, but the impact on the reduction in bacterial resistance is less known, and there is a lack of available data. We implemented a prolonged educational counseling ASP in a lar...