Journal article
Leveraging Existing and Soon-to-Be-Available Novel Diagnostics for Optimizing Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship in Patients With Respiratory Tract Infections
Clinical infectious diseases, Vol.72(12), pp.E1115-E1121
06/15/2021
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1815
PMID: 33277647
Abstract
Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) drive many outpatient encounters and, despite being predominantly viral, are associated with high rates of antibiotic prescriptions. With rising antibacterial resistance, optimization of prescribing of antibiotics in outpatients with RTIs is a critical need. Fortunately, this challenge arises at a time of increasing availability of novel RTI diagnostics to help discern which patients have bacterial infections warranting treatment. Effective implementation of antibiotic stewardship is needed, but optimal approaches for ambulatory settings are unknown. Future research needs are reviewed in this summary of a research summit convened by the Infectious Diseases Society of America in the fall of 2019.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Leveraging Existing and Soon-to-Be-Available Novel Diagnostics for Optimizing Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship in Patients With Respiratory Tract Infections
- Creators
- Kelly A. Cawcutt - University of Nebraska Medical CenterRobin Patel - Mayo Clinic Rochester, MNJeff Gerber - University of PennsylvaniaAngela M. Caliendo - Brown UniversitySara E. Cosgrove - Johns Hopkins UniversityElizabeth Dodds Ashley - Duke UniversityPiero Garzaro - Kaiser PermanenteMelissa Miller - University of North Carolina at Chapel HillEbbing Lautenbach - University of PennsylvaniaIDSA Research Summit “Leveraging Existing and Novel Diagnostics for Optimizing Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship in Patients with Respiratory Tract Infections” Group
- Contributors
- Daniel J Livorsi (Contributor) - University of Iowa, Infectious Diseases
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Clinical infectious diseases, Vol.72(12), pp.E1115-E1121
- Publisher
- Oxford Univ Press
- DOI
- 10.1093/cid/ciaa1815
- PMID
- 33277647
- ISSN
- 1058-4838
- eISSN
- 1537-6591
- Number of pages
- 7
- Grant note
- Janssen Research and Development Infectious Diseases Society of America
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/15/2021
- Academic Unit
- Infectious Diseases; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984359774902771
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