Antibacterial Utilisation from Different Perspectives: An Effective Tool to Develop and Evaluate Antimicrobial Stewardship Interventions

Dear Colleagues,

Antimicrobial use is one of the main drivers of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a crisis that threatens modern medicine. AMR can be reversed, and rationalizing antibiotic use is an effective tool to achieve this.

This Special Issue focuses on human antimicrobial exposure, but we also aim to include One Health-related research. We seek the submission of new findings from different countries, different healthcare settings, and different patient populations, including vulnerable patient populations (elderly, paediatric, etc). We aim to involve various study designs and levels of analysis (population-based studies, registry-based data, local patient level field studies, surveys). Both quantitative and qualitative research methods are welcomed in this Special Issue, focusing on drug utilisation data, determinants of antimicrobial use, safety issues, and the effect of interventions.

If you have any questions or are unsure whether your study fits within the scope of this Special Issue, please contact the Antibiotics Editorial Office.

Prof. Dr. Gyöngyvér Soós
Dr. Ria Benkő
Guest Editors

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