Recent Research on Antimicrobial Stewardship

Dear Colleagues,

Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) is now the topic of major interest within the scope of infectious diseases. In fact, the World Health Organisation considers antimicrobial resistance one of the top ten sanitary threats and the United Nations forecasts up to 10 million deaths by 2050 caused by this alone.

Antibiotic resistance is not limited to old beta-lactams and fluoroquinolones only; now, it also involves newer antibiotics, thus limiting greatly treatment options for multi-drug resistants pathogens, especially those of the ESKAPE group (E. faecium, S. aureus, K. pneumoniae, A. baumannii, P. aeruginosa and Enterobacteriacee, the six bacteria at highest risk of developing resistance).

However, the problem is not limited to bacteria; in fact, the WHO also includes in its focus viruses, (especially HIV), fungi (whose resistance is especially concerning given their high mortality and the limited anti-fungal classes available for treatment) and parasites (with malaria foremost).

Anti-microbial resistance can be prevented and stopped only via coordinated action involving several actors. Within health systems, antimicrobial stewardship research should provide a solid basis to understand the mechanisms at the origin of resistance and a platform from which to launch programs that aim at improving health according to the One Health principles.

Dr. Erika Asperges
Dr. Pietro Valsecchi
Guest Editors

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• antibiotic resistance
• antifungal resistance
• antiviral resistance
• resistant malaria
• MDR tubercolosis
• antimicrobial stewardship