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Front. Antibiot.
Sec. Antibiotics in Clinical Settings
Volume 3 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/frabi.2024.1492319
This article is part of the Research Topic Antibiotic consumption in hospitals and its impact on bacterial resistance View all articles

Antimicrobial stewardship: from theory to reality in a resource-limited setting (and beyond)

Provisionally accepted
Eric Ochoa-Hein Eric Ochoa-Hein Arturo Galindo-Fraga Arturo Galindo-Fraga *
  • Subdirección de Epidemiología Hospitalaria y Control de la Calidad de la Atención Médica, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico

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    Correct use of antibiotics is paramount to present global health. Among other actions, antimicrobial stewardship emphasizes de-escalation and suspension whenever possible. Nonetheless, roadblocks can be encountered (e.g., lack of culture results or availability of specific antibiotic classes). Furthermore, in an everincreasing interconnected world, global success relies on local success. In this perspective, a particular case study in a resource-limited setting is an example of the many difficulties encountered in the fight against antimicrobial resistance that could hamper global advancements.

    Keywords: Anti-Infective Agents, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Antimicrobial stewardship, resource-limited settings, prevention and control

    Received: 06 Sep 2024; Accepted: 04 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Ochoa-Hein and Galindo-Fraga. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Arturo Galindo-Fraga, Subdirección de Epidemiología Hospitalaria y Control de la Calidad de la Atención Médica, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico

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