Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology 3(1) 2023年3月 [査読有り]
Objective: Infectious diseases (ID) consultation has contributed to improving outcomes in hospitalized patients. However, the timing of signing off on ID consultation varies, depending on the consulting ID physician. We studied the descriptive epi...
We evaluated the impact of carbapenem shortage on antimicrobial practice and patient outcome at a tertiary care center. During the shortage, hospital antimicrobial practice could be safely managed through additional antimicrobial stewardship measu...
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate antibiotic prescribing behavior (APB) among physicians with various specialties in five Asian countries. DESIGN: Survey of antibiotics prescribing behavior in three stages (initial, on-treatment, and de-escalation stages). M...
The incidence of seasonal infections due to respiratory viruses other than severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has declined due to heightened public infection prevention measures against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). W...
COVID-19 is a viral infection and does not require antibiotics. The study aimed to elucidate a prescribing pattern of antibiotics for COVID-19. A nationwide cross-sectional study was conducted in Japan. The Diagnosis and Procedure Combinations (DP...