Antimicrobial Stewardship Project

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Antimicrobial resistance is a critical global public health issue, and antimicrobial stewardship strategies are key to curtailing the problem. CIDRAP's Antimicrobial Stewardship Project provides current, accurate, and comprehensive information on the topic and works to build an online community to address leading issues.

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ASP Monthly Quiz

Test your stewardship knowledge! This month's quiz is based on a pharma-led fund that will aim to boost new antibiotic development with financial incentives. Take the August quiz!

First US case of resistant bacterial meningitis noted

Chris Dall | News Reporter | CIDRAP News

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Aug 06, 2020

The finding suggests that routine susceptibility testing of meningococcal isolates could help guide treatment and prevention.

COVID-19 and AMR Debate

The open-access journal JAC–Antimicrobial Resistance hosted a debate on the impact of COVID-19 on AMR, hearing from researchers who believe that widespread antibiotic use and selection pressure in pandemic epicenters will cause AMR to rise and from researchers who assert that AMR will fall as infection prevention improves and travel is curtailed.

COVID-19 and AMS

For the latest on antimicrobial therapy and stewardship in COVID-19 patients, please visit CIDRAP's new COVID-19 and AMS page. The page features guidance and tools on treating bacterial and fungal co-infections in COVID-19 patients and commentaries on the connections between COVID-19 and antimicrobial resistance.

ASP Webinars

If you missed CIDRAP-ASP's recent webinar on improving antimicrobial prescribing in companion animals, have no fear. You can find it, and all of our antimicrobial stewardship and resistance webinars, on the CIDRAP-ASP YouTube page. And stay tuned to this space for information about future webinars