This Antimicrobial Prescribing and Stewardship Issue (volume 1) consist of manuscripts, including original research, review articles, case series, and opinion papers for topics related to antimicrobial (antibiotic, antifungal) stewardship, including:
Disease-based/organism-based antimicrobial stewardship;
Diagnostic stewardship;
Influence of antimicrobial utilisation changes in antimicrobial resistance;
Impact of antimicrobial stewardship on quality performance measures and patient outcomes;
Novel antimicrobial stewardship education and training approaches or interventions aimed at the public and/or healthcare workers;
Behavioural change approaches to antimicrobial stewardship;
Collaborative practice agreements in antimicrobial stewardship;
Antimicrobial stewardship in special populations (e.g., paediatrics, geriatrics, emergency medicine, hematology/oncology);
Tackling AMR through antimicrobial stewardship in low- and middle-income countries;
Antimicrobial stewardship for animal health;
Antimicrobial stewardship in alternative settings (e.g., community practice, long-term care, and resource-limited small and rural hospitals);
Antimicrobial use and stewardship in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic;
Global collaborations to tackle AMR through antimicrobial stewardship.
