Antibiotic Stewardship in Ambulatory Care Settings
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382). This special issue belongs to the section "Antibiotics Use and Antimicrobial Stewardship".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2025) | Viewed by 1246
Special Issue Editors
Interests: healthcare-associated infections; antimicrobial stewardship; antimicrobial resistance; quality improvement
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Antimicrobial stewardship has become increasingly important due to the continuous global rise in antimicrobial resistance. Historically, the main focus has been on stewardship in inpatient acute care settings, but stewardship in ambulatory settings is receiving growing attention as another critical area for improving appropriate prescribing. Recent studies have evaluated prescribing practices in both pediatric and adult populations, frequently with a focus on inappropriate antibiotic use in respiratory infections. Primary care practices and urgent care facilities have been the most common settings for stewardship evaluations, although subspecialty contributions to antibiotic prescribing should also be considered. The recent COVID-19 pandemic and an associated increase in the prevalence of telemedicine visits have also been assessed for their impact on prescribing rates. Appropriate antibiotic selection and duration for other common etiologies of ambulatory visits, including urinary tract infections, skin and soft tissue infections, and sexually-transmitted infections, is another potential focus in the outpatient setting. Much of the previous work has focused on the administration of oral antibiotics, but the appropriateness of IM/IV antibiotics in outpatient settings and the expansion of OPAT programs for associated monitoring also merit attention. The association of outpatient antibiotic utilization with healthcare-associated infections, including C. difficile, and with antibiotic resistance development should also be considered. For this Special Issue, we are looking for submissions addressing the evaluation of antibiotic prescribing and the implementation of antimicrobial stewardship interventions in ambulatory settings.
Dr. Mary Elizabeth Sexton
Dr. Sharon V. Tsay
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ambulatory antimicrobial stewardship
- antimicrobial resistance
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