Pulcini Céline
Nancy University Hospital, Infectious Diseases Department, 54000 Nancy, France.
Lorraine University, EA 4360 APEMAC, 54000 Nancy, France.
FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2017 Dec 15;364(23). doi: 10.1093/femsle/fnx230.
Antibiotic stewardship programmes, which are a set of interventions aiming at prescribing antibiotics appropriately and responsibly, are one of the key strategies to tackle the current worldwide bacterial resistance crisis. We will present here some examples of international and national initiatives, with a focus on Europe, discuss the role of clinical microbiologists, and present some perspectives and future developments.
