Antimicrobial Use across Different Healthcare Settings Countries and Specific Populations

<p>Antimicrobial use is one of the main drivers of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) a crisis threatening modern medicine. To combat and reverse AMR finding determinants of resistance development/antibiotic use identifying the target points of interventions and implementing antibiotic stewardship measures are crucial.</p><p>This Special Issue disseminates a wide variety of research conducted by various study designs and diverse settings and populations. It includes studies:</p><ol><li data-list=bullet><span class=ql-ui contenteditable=false></span>Focusing on the role of antibiotics/antibacterials on specific diseases;</li><li data-list=bullet><span class=ql-ui contenteditable=false></span>Reporting the effect of antibiotic stewardship interventions on different outcomes;</li><li data-list=bullet><span class=ql-ui contenteditable=false></span>Describing the quality of prophylactic antibiotic use in a patient-specific population;</li><li data-list=bullet><span class=ql-ui contenteditable=false></span>Identifying determinants of antibiotic use in the elderly or resistance development in specific bacteria;</li><li data-list=bullet><span class=ql-ui contenteditable=false></span>Introducing a novel reporting tool for auditing antibiotic dispensing practice.</li></ol><p><br></p>