Procalcitonin-Guided Antibiotics after Surgery for Peritonitis: A Randomized Controlled Study by Juliette C. Slieker, Steve Aellen, Philippe Eggimann, Valentine Guarnero, Markus Schäfer, Nicolas Demartines

“…Serum procalcitonin (PCT) is a useful biomarker to tailor the duration of antibiotics in respiratory infections. The objective of this study was to determine whether PCT levels could tailor postoperative antibiotic therapy in patients operated for peritonitis. …”
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Logistic Stewardship: Supporting Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs Based on Antibiotics Goods Flow by Bianca Leistner, Dominic Rauschning, Ralf Matthias Hagen, Franziska Srečec, Nico Tom Mutters, Ruth Weppler, Christina Mutschnik, Manuel Döhla

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Perioperatory antibiotic prophylaxis in Pediatric Surgery (Part II: non-abdominal surgery). by Sergio Luis González López, Luis Marcano Sanz, Rafael Trinchet Soler, Zoe Quintero Delgado, Carlos Cabrera Machado, Lorenzo Pérez Romano, Guillermo Cortiza Orbe, Berta Fonseca Romero

“…One of the big advances of the surgery in the last three decades is an introduction of antibiotic prophylaxis in the surgical practice. Is considered that it has saved more lives than any other novel procedure in surgery in the last 20 years. …”
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Combination therapy versus monotherapy: retrospective analysis of antibiotic treatment of enterococcal endocarditis by Razan Saman, Christopher P. Primus, Robert West, Simon J. Woldman, Jonathan A. T. Sandoe

“…Abstract Background Guidelines suggest treating fully penicillin-susceptible Enterococcus faecalis strains causing infective endocarditis with amoxicillin combined with gentamicin or ceftriaxone, but clinical evidence to support this practice is limited and monotherapy cohorts were excluded from studies. We describe antibiotic treatment, complications, and outcomes in patients with Enterococcus faecalis infective endocarditis, specifically comparing monotherapy versus combination therapy. …”
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Antibiotic exposure is associated with minimal gut microbiome perturbations in healthy term infants by Alain J. Benitez, Ceylan Tanes, Elliot S. Friedman, Joseph P. Zackular, Eileen Ford, Jeffrey S. Gerber, Patricia A. DeRusso, Andrea Kelly, Hongzhe Li, Michal A. Elovitz, Gary D. Wu, Babette Zemel, Kyle Bittinger

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Predicting appropriateness of antibiotic treatment among ICU patients with hospital-acquired infection by Ella Goldschmidt, Ella Rannon, Daniel Bernstein, Asaf Wasserman, Michael Roimi, Anat Shrot, Dan Coster, Ron Shamir

“…In ICUs, inappropriate empiric antibiotic therapy is often given due to treatment urgency, causing poor outcomes. …”
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Antibiotic exposure enriches streptococci carrying resistance genes in periodontitis plaque biofilms by Qian Zhang, Min Zhen, Xiaochen Wang, FengXiang Zhao, Yang Dong, Xiaoya Wang, Shengtao Gao, Jinfeng Wang, Wenyu Shi, Yifei Zhang

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PK/PD-Guided Strategies for Appropriate Antibiotic Use in the Era of Antimicrobial Resistance by Tetsushu Onita, Noriyuki Ishihara, Takahisa Yano

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Metagenomic analysis of gut microbiota diversity in poultry before and after antibiotic administration by O. V. Prasolova, N. I. Malik, I. A. Timofeeva, N. A. Kirsanova, E. V. Krylova, E. V. Malik, I. A. Rusanov, N. A. Chupakhina

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Abundance, occurrence, and degradation of airborne antibiotic resistance genes in coastal and marine atmospheres by Shijie Jia, Shijie Jia, Xiaohong Yao, Jianhua Qi, Jianhua Qi, Xiaohuan Liu, Xiaohuan Liu, Huiwang Gao, Huiwang Gao

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Phytochemical Study and Antibacterial and Antibiotic Modulation Activity of Punica granatum (Pomegranate) Leaves by Amine Trabelsi, Mohamed Amine El Kaibi, Aïmen Abbassi, Amira Horchani, Leila Chekir-Ghedira, Kamel Ghedira

“…The checkerboard method was used for the determination of synergy between two antibiotics (amoxicillin and cefotaxime) and P. granatum leaf extracts. …”
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Monitoring of antibiotic resistance of Acinobacillus pleuropneumoniae isolated in the Russian Federation in 2012-2014 by A. V. Potekhin, V. S. Rusaleyev

“…Antibiotic resistance of 42 porcine Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae isolates recovered from pigs in the Russian Federation in 2012-2014 has been monitored. …”
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Priestia megaterium cells are primed for surviving lethal doses of antibiotics and chemical stress by Manisha Guha, Abhyudai Singh, Nicholas C. Butzin

“…Abstract Antibiotic resistant infections kill millions worldwide yearly. …”
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A mathematical model for antibiotic control of bacteria in peritoneal dialysis associated peritonitis by Colette Calmelet, John Hotchkiss, Philip Crooke

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Influence of soil type on bacterial growth and tolerance to experimentally added human antibiotics by Laura Rodríguez-González, Montserrat Díaz-Raviña, Beatriz Sevilla-Morán, Elena García-Campos, Juan José Villaverde, Manuel Arias-Estévez, David Fernández-Calviño, Vanesa Santás-Miguel

“…The human antibiotics cefuroxime (CXM) and azithromycin (AZI) are among the most commonly prescribed. …”
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Point prevalence survey of antibiotics in a pediatric tertiary hospital in the Republic of Panama by Ximena Norero, Dora Estripeaut, Elizabeth Castaño, Jacqueline Levy, Paola Lichtenberger, José Pablo Díaz-Madriz, José Luis Bustos, Robin Rojas Cortés, Gabriel Levy-Hara

“…To conduct a point prevalence survey (PPS) of antibiotic use in the main pediatric tertiary-level hospital in Panama City to establish antibiotic prevalence and identify key areas for addressing antimicrobial resistance. …”
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Analysis of antibiotic sensitivity of clinical strains of microorganisms with the Russian Mueller–Hinton broth by Irina S. Kosilova, Lyubov V. Domotenko, Mikhail V. Khramov

“…One of the reasons for spreading antibiotic-resistant microorganisms is the uncontrolled use and inadequate empirical prescription of antibiotics which is not based on the results of the pathogen sensitivity testing. …”
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Chitosan-Based Semen Extenders: An Approach to Antibiotic-Free Artificial Insemination in Rabbit by Francisco Marco-Jiménez, Celia Ferriz-Nuñez, Maria Pilar Viudes-de-Castro, José Salvador Vicente, Laura Lorenzo-Rebenaque

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Bacterial Isolates and Antibiotic Sensitivity among Gambian Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition by Uduak A. Okomo, Danlami Garba, Augustin E. Fombah, Ousman Secka, Usman N. A. Ikumapayi, Jacob. J. Udo, Martin O. C. Ota

“…Establishing the pattern of infection and antimicrobial sensitivities in the local environment is critical to rational use of antibiotics and the development of management algorithms. …”
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SOCIOECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF PRESCRIPTION ANTIBIOTIC AND MEDICINE USE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH FAMILY MEDICINE by Abdullah Tirgil

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