Antimicrobial Prescribing and Stewardship 1st Volume

<p>This Antimicrobial Prescribing and Stewardship Issue (volume 1) consist of manuscripts including original research review articles case series and opinion papers for topics related to antimicrobial (antibiotic antifungal) stewardship including:</p><p>Disease-based/organism-based antimicrobial stewardship;</p><p>Diagnostic stewardship;</p><p>Influence of antimicrobial utilisation changes in antimicrobial resistance;</p><p>Impact of antimicrobial stewardship on quality performance measures and patient outcomes;</p><p>Novel antimicrobial stewardship education and training approaches or interventions aimed at the public and/or healthcare workers;</p><p>Behavioural change approaches to antimicrobial stewardship;</p><p>Collaborative practice agreements in antimicrobial stewardship;</p><p>Antimicrobial stewardship in special populations (e.g. paediatrics geriatrics emergency medicine hematology/oncology);</p><p>Tackling AMR through antimicrobial stewardship in low- and middle-income countries;</p><p>Antimicrobial stewardship for animal health;</p><p>Antimicrobial stewardship in alternative settings (e.g. community practice long-term care and resource-limited small and rural hospitals);</p><p>Antimicrobial use and stewardship in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic;</p><p>Global collaborations to tackle AMR through antimicrobial stewardship.</p>