Antimicrobial resistance & stewardship

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Why infection control and AMS should be guided by implementation science: ESCMID Global 2026

Why infection control and AMS should be guided by implementation science: ESCMID Global 2026

A close up of a child holding a paper cutout model of the digestive tract, showing the large and small intestines in pink and white to illustrate childhood antibiotic exposure being linked to gut microbiome disruption and increased IBD risk, particularly Crohn's disease

Childhood antibiotic exposure linked to gut microbiome disruption and increased IBD risk

A mother cuddling her newborn baby at home to illustrate that home antibiotic treatment is possible due to updated neonatal infection guidance from NICE

Home antibiotic treatment possible as neonatal infection guidance updated

A microscopic view of a Sarcoptes scabiei to illustrate the finding that higher-dose ivermectin combined with permethrin offers no advantage over standard regimen for severe scabies

Higher-dose ivermectin offers no advantage over standard regimen for severe scabies, trial finds

A microscopic view of a Clostridioides difficile bacteria to illustrate CDI in critically ill patients

Predictors of severe CDI in critically ill patients identified

Green, orange and pink post-it notes in a row with a letter from PCR on each of them in blue, pink and dark blue to illustrate rapid diagnostics

Rapid diagnostics: innovation, impact and unfinished business

A digital illustration of a shield with a medical cross in the centre and multiple protecting layers of circles around it to illustrate that a targeted AMS programme has reduced broad-spectrum antibiotic use without compromising clinical outcomes

Targeted AMS programme reduces broad-spectrum antibiotic use without compromising clinical outcomes

A team of professional doctors performing operation in a bright and modern operating theatre to illustrate the finding that broad-spectrum antibiotics are superior in preventing colorectal surgical site infections

Broad-spectrum antibiotics superior in preventing colorectal surgical site infections

Minimalist 3D illustration of several capsules traveling along separate parallel tracks on a blue gradient background

Not just bacteria: emerging therapeutics to tackle modern fungal and viral disease threats

A close up of a white prescription bag with a pharmacy green cross on it and the words Your Prescription in a blue box above it to illustrate that discharge-focused audit and feedback by antibiotic stewardship teams fail to reduce antibiotic overuse

Discharge audit and feedback found to improve antibiotic prescribing quality but not frequency or duration

A close up of a woman holding her right hand side with a glowing red circle over the top of her hand to illustrate 10-year data showing antibiotics as viable for uncomplicated acute appendicitis in adults

Antibiotics viable for uncomplicated acute appendicitis in adults, long-term study finds

Blue polygonal geometric letters spelling out OPAT to illustrate how these services are reshaping infection care

How new models, evidence and patient cohorts for OPAT are reshaping infection care

3d stylized representation of human lungs depicted in a low-poly geometric style to illustrate the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Congress 2025

A global view of respiratory health: highlights from ERS Congress 2025

A computer generated 3D microscope image of rod-shaped e.coli bacteria to illustrate heterogeneity in RNA repair driving transient AMR

Heterogeneity in RNA repair drives transient AMR in E. coli

A digital illustration of purple and pink bifidobacterium to illustrate the finding that probiotics containing these good bacteria can reduce infections and AMR in preterm infants

Harnessing probiotics to reduce infections and AMR in preterm infants: expert commentary

A black leather folder with the words antimicrobial stewardship on the front sat on a desk with a notepad

An MDT approach to antimicrobial stewardship

A young girl in bed with her parent's hand over her forehead to illustrate an antibiotic stewardship programme leading to a two-fold increase in optimal antibiotic use for pneumonia in children

AMS programme sees two-fold increase in optimal antibiotic use for pneumonia in children

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