title: [Antibiotic Stewardship].
abstract: The adequate management of infections is an important task in critical care medicine which has an effect on patient outcome. As a result, the prevalence of antiinfective therapy is high in intensive care units. In the face of an unsettling development of worldwide microbial resistance, an optimization and reduction of antiinfective therapy is necessary. Antibiotic stewardship tries to improve antiinfective therapy with an interdisciplinary approach. One overall objective of antibiotic stewardship is the reduction of resistance induction in order to preserve the therapeutic efficiency of antibiotics. Intensive care units are important fields of action for antibiotic stewardship interventions. This article reviews available evidence and some practical aspects for antibiotic stewardship.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lanckohr
authors.forename: Björn
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ellger
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / Q000187:drug effects*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene / Q000592:standards*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents