title: [AntibioticScout: Online tool for antimicrobial stewardship in veterinary medicine].
abstract: Resistances to antimicrobials pose serious public health challenges. This issue concerns both human and veterinary medicine and can only be solved by a multidisciplinary approach. A comprehensive concept is, therefore, being worked out within the StAR (strategy antibiotic resistance) program in order to preserve the effectiveness of antibiotics for humans as well as animals. In this context, the AntibioticScout (www.AntibioticScout. ch) offers a new online tool for the prudent use of antibiotics in veterinary medicine. By involving all stakeholders, the guidelines included in the AntibioticScout will result in a nationwide accepted standard for the treatment of bacterial infections in animals. An additional system for the rapid reporting of cases of suspected lack of efficacy of antimicrobials is integrated to allow early detection of emerging resistance and the immediate launch of risk mitigation measures. A first version of the AntibioticScout for the treatment of dogs, cats and horses is available by the end of 2016. All stakeholders are now invited to contribute to the development of the AntibioticScout decision support.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Veterinärpharmakologie und -toxikologie der Universität Zürich.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Peter
authors.affiliation: Institut für Veterinärpharmakologie und -toxikologie der Universität Zürich.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Müntener
authors.affiliation: Institut für Veterinärpharmakologie und -toxikologie der Universität Zürich.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Demuth
authors.affiliation: Bundesamt für Lebensmittelsicherheit und Veterinärwesen BLV, Bern.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Heim
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Veteinärpharmakologie und -toxikologie der Universität Bern.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mevissen
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Public Health Institute (VPHI), Universität Bern.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schüpbach-Regula
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Kleintiermedizin der Universität Bern.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schuller
authors.affiliation: Bundesamt für Lebensmittelsicherheit und Veterinärwesen BLV, Bern.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stucki
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Kleintiermedizin der Universität Zürich.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Willi
authors.affiliation: Institut für Veterinärpharmakologie und -toxikologie der Universität Zürich.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Naegeli
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D002415:Cats; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D004285:Dogs; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D009862:Online Systems
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents
keywords: Antibiotikaresistenz; Entscheidungshilfe; Leitlinien; One-Health; Veterinärmedizin; antibiotic resistance; decision support; stewardship