Antimicrobial Stewardship: Selected Reads

This study assesses the incidence of invasive mold infection at four hospitals—one of which is a cancer care facility—before and after Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Houston, Texas.

The concept of ‘One Health’ is a framework that recognizes the interconnectedness of human and animal health, and the environment.  Yet, the One Health concept often remains on paper. According to the authors of this study, the integration of WASH measures with farm biosecurity could reduce the spread of AMR in communities.

Results of this study suggest that antibiotic stewardship interventions would be more impactful if they both targeted reducing antibiotic use and controlling the exchange of resistance genes between ecosystems.

This US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report highlights the issues with typhoid diagnosis and data collection, the status of resistant strains, and the experiences of countries that introduced typhoid conjugate vaccines into their national immunization campaigns and/or held mass vaccination events.

This study used an NHS dataset representing about 99% of all hospitals in England to evaluate trends in the incidence of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia from Apr 1, 2012, to Mar 31, 2022, along with trends in the use of co-trimoxazole from Jan 1, 2019, to Apr 30, 2022.

This review describes the knowns and unknowns surrounding the global burden of serious fungal disease and the potential of the World Health Organization fungal priority pathogen list to guide research, resource allocation, and public health action.