A Global Declaration on Appropriate Use of Antimicrobial Agents across the Surgical Pathway
adults; antibiotic stewardship; guidelines; infection; Infectious Diseases; Surgery; therapy; trial; ventilator-associated pneumonia
This declaration, signed by an interdisciplinary task force of 234 experts from 83 different countries with different backgrounds, highlights the threat posed by antimicrobial resistance and the need for appropriate use of antibiotic agents and antifungal agents in hospitals worldwide especially focusing on surgical infections. As such, it is our intent to raise awareness among healthcare workers and improve antimicrobial prescribing. To facilitate its dissemination, the declaration was translated in different languages.
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Surgical Infections
2017
2017-11
Journal Article
<a href="http://doi.org/10.1089/sur.2017.219" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1089/sur.2017.219</a>
Erratum to: Antimicrobials: a global alliance for optimizing their rational use in intra-abdominal infections (AGORA).
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1186/s13017-016-0089-y.].
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World journal of emergency surgery : WJES
2017
1905-07
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1186/s13017-017-0147-0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1186/s13017-017-0147-0</a>