Antimicrobial Stewardship
"Antimicrobial Stewardship" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Programs and guidelines for selecting optimal ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS regimens in an effort to maintain antibiotic efficacy, reduce CROSS INFECTION related to ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE while managing satisfactory clinical and economic outcomes.
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D000073602
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.452.706.477.400.500 N04.761.879.300.500 N05.700.900.300.500
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Antimicrobial Stewardship" by people in Profiles.
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Improving Empiric Antibiotic Selection for Patients Hospitalized With Abdominal Infection: The INSPIRE 4 Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Surg. 2025 Jul 01; 160(7):733-743.
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Improving Empiric Antibiotic Selection for Patients Hospitalized With Skin and Soft Tissue Infection: The INSPIRE 3 Skin and Soft Tissue Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2025 Jun 01; 185(6):680-691.
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Stewardship Prompts to Improve Antibiotic Selection for Urinary Tract Infection: The INSPIRE Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2024 06 18; 331(23):2018-2028.
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Stewardship Prompts to Improve Antibiotic Selection for Pneumonia: The INSPIRE Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2024 06 18; 331(23):2007-2017.
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Improving antimicrobial use through better diagnosis: The relationship between diagnostic stewardship and antimicrobial stewardship. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Dec; 44(12):1901-1908.
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Could cell-free DNA and host biomarkers assist in antimicrobial stewardship with organ transplant recipients? Transpl Infect Dis. 2022 Oct; 24(5):e13971.
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Implementation of a Collaborated Antimicrobial Stewardship Program and Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) Unit-driven Monoclonal Antibody Therapy Program for COVID-19 at an NYC Hospital. Int J Infect Dis. 2022 May; 118:214-219.
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Operationalising outpatient antimicrobial stewardship to reduce system-wide antibiotics for acute bronchitis. BMJ Open Qual. 2021 07; 10(3).
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Pediatric research priorities in healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial stewardship. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 05; 42(5):519-522.
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Foundational Elements of Infection Prevention in the STRIVE Curriculum. Ann Intern Med. 2019 10 01; 171(7_Suppl):S10-S15.