Systematic review and meta-analysis of procalcitonin-guidance versus usual care for antimicrobial management in critically ill patients : focus on subgroups based on antibiotic initiation, cessation, or mixed strategies
Recent advances in biochemical and molecular diagnostics for the rapid detection of antibiotic-resistant Enterobacteriaceae : a focus on ß-lactam resistance
Rapid diagnosis of infection in the critically ill, a multicenter study of molecular detection in bloodstream infections, pneumonia, and sterile site infections
Policy statement on antimicrobial stewardship by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America(SHEA), the Infectious Diseases Society of America(IDSA), and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society(PIDS)
Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America guidelines for developing an institutional program to enhance antimicrobial stewardship
Implementing an antibiotic stewardship program : guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
Impact of mecA gene testing and intervention by infectious disease clinical pharmacists on time to optimal antimicrobial therapy for Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia at a University Hospital
Empiric antibiotic treatment reduces mortality in severe sepsis and septic shock from the first hour : results from a guideline-based performance improvement program
Comparing the outcomes of adults with enterobacteriaceae bacteremia receiving short-course versus prolonged-course antibiotic therapy in a multicenter, propensity score-matched cohort
Ciprofloxacin for 7 days versus 14 days in women with acute pyelonephritis : a randomised, open-label and double-blind, placebo-controlled, non-inferiority trial
Antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic stewardship programs in the ICU : insistence and persistence in the fight against resistance. A position statement from ESICM/ESCMID/WAAAR round table on multi-drug resistance
Antimicrobial de-escalation in critically ill patients: a position statement from a task force of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) and European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Critically Ill Patients Study Group (ESGCIP)
Aggressive versus conservative initiation of antimicrobial treatment in critically ill surgical patients with suspected intensive-care-unit-acquired infection: a quasi-experimental, before and after observational cohort study
A checklist for identifying determinants of practice : a systematic review and synthesis of frameworks and taxonomies of factors that prevent or enable improvements in healthcare professional practice