Keeping It Real: Antibiotic Use Problems and Stewardship Solutions in Low- and Middle-income Countries

Overview

Journal Pediatr Infect Dis J

Specialty Pediatrics

Date 2022 Feb 8

PMID 35134036

Authors

Saurav Basu

Raul Copana

Ronaldo Morales Jr

Suvaporn Anugulruengkitt

Thanyawee Puthanakit

Cecilia Maramba-Lazarte

Phoebe Williams

John Musembi

Mwanamvua Boga

Mohammad Issack

Adolfine Hokororo

Adegoke G Falade

Indi Trehan

Elizabeth Molyneux

Tonya Arscott-Mills

Tinsae Alemayehu

Penelope A Bryant

Affiliations

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Abstract

Antimicrobial resistance is a global health threat and there is an urgent need to manage antibiotic use to slow its development. However, antimicrobial stewardship interventions in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) have been limited in terms of their resourcing, feasibility and effectiveness in the face of greater challenges in child mortality. We sought to gather together examples of antibiotic use problems faced by clinicians in LMIC, many of which are unique to these settings, and real-world antimicrobial stewardship solutions identified, with the goal of learning broader lessons that might be applicable across LMIC.

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