Antibiotic stewardship in the era of precision medicine
Title
Antibiotic stewardship in the era of precision medicine
Creator
Richard R Watkins
Date
2022
Description
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) continues to spread at an alarming rate worldwide. Novel approaches are needed to mitigate its deleterious impact on antibiotic efficacy. Antibiotic stewardship aims to promote the appropriate use of antibiotics through evidence-based interventions. One paradigm is precision medicine, a medical model in which decisions, practices, interventions, and therapies are adapted to the individual patient based on their predicted response or risk of disease. Precision medicine approaches hold promise as a way to improve outcomes for patients with myriad illnesses, including infections such as bacteraemia and pneumonia. This review describes the latest advances in precision medicine as they pertain to antibiotic stewardship, with an emphasis on hospital-based antibiotic stewardship programmes. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on AMR and antibiotic stewardship, gaps in the scientific evidence, and areas for further research are also discussed.
Source
JAC Antimicrob Resist
. 2022 Jun 21;4(3):dlac066. doi: 10.1093/jacamr/dlac066. eCollection 2022 Jun.
. 2022 Jun 21;4(3):dlac066. doi: 10.1093/jacamr/dlac066. eCollection 2022 Jun.
Language
English
URL
https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlac066
Citation
Richard R Watkins, “Antibiotic stewardship in the era of precision medicine,” NEOMED Bibliography Database, accessed May 5, 2024, https://neomed.omeka.net/items/show/11985.