title: Antibiotic stewardship: a call for action by the urologic community.
abstract: Increasing antibiotic resistance and lack of new antibiotics in the near future calls for a variety of coordinated strategies called "Antibiotic stewardship", to improve antibiotic use with the goal of enhancing patient health outcomes and reducing emergence of resistance to antibiotics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Paediatric Urology and Andrology of the Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany. Wagenlehner@AOL.com
authors.forename: Florian M E
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Wagenlehner
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bartoletti
authors.forename: Mete
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cek
authors.forename: Magnus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grabe
authors.forename: Gunnar
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kahlmeter
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pickard
authors.forename: Truls E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Bjerklund-Johansen
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis; D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000472:pathogenicity; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005838:Genotype; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D010641:Phenotype; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D017211:Treatment Failure; D014572:Urology / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents