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A Global Declaration on Appropriate Use of Antimicrobial Agents across the Surgical Pathway

A Global Declaration on Appropriate Use of Antimicrobial Agents across the Surgical Pathway

Title :

A Global Declaration on Appropriate Use of Antimicrobial Agents across the Surgical Pathway

Authors :

Sartelli, Massimo • Kluger, Yoram • Ansaloni, Luca • Carlet, Jean • Brink, Adrian • Hardcastle, Timothy C. • Khanna, Ashish • Chicom-Mefire, Alain • Rodriguez-Bano, Jesus • Nathwani, Dilip • Mendelson, Marc • Watkins, Richard R. • Pulcini, Celine • Beovic, Bojana • May, Addison K. • Itani, Kamal M. F. • Mazuski, John E. • Fry, Donald E. • Coccolini, Federico • Rasa, Kemal • Montravers, Philippe • Eckmann, Christian • Abbo, Lilian M. • Abubakar, Salisu • Abu-Zidan, Fikri M. • Adesunkanmi, Abdulrashid Kayode • Al-Hasan, Majdi N. • Althani, Asma A. • Ticas, Jorge Eduardo Alvarenga • Ansari, Shamshul • Ansumana, Rashid • Araujo da Silva, Andre Ricardo • Augustin, Goran • Bala, Miklosh • Balogh, Zsolt J. • Baraket, Oussema • Bassett, Matteo • Bellanova, Giovanni • Beltran, Marcelo A. • Ben-Ishay, Ofir • Biffl, Walter L. • Boermeester, Marja A. • Brecher, Stephen M. • Bueno, Juan • Cainzos, Miguel A. • Cairns, Kelly • Camacho-Ortiz, Adrian • Ceresoli, Marco • Chandy, Sujith J. • Cherry-Bukowiec, Jill R. • Cirocchi, Roberto • Colak, Elif • Corcione, Antonio • Cornely, Oliver A. • Cortese, Francesco • Cui, Yunfeng • Curcio, Daniel • Damaskos, Dimitris • Das, Koray • Delibegovic, Samir • Deme-Trashvili, Zaza • De Simone, Belinda • de Souza, Hamilton Petry • De Waele, Jan • Dhingra, Sameer • Diaz, Jose J. • Di Carlo, Isidoro • Di Marzo, Francesco • Di Saverio, Salomone • Dogjani, Agron • Dorj, Gereltuya • Dortet, Laurent • Duane, Therese M. • Dupont, Herve • Egiev, Valery N. • Eid, Hani O. • Elmangory, Mutasim • Marei, Hany El-Sayed • Enani, Mushira Abdulaziz • Escandon-Vargas, Kevin • Faro Junior, Mario P. • Ferrada, Paula • Foghetti, Domitilla • Foianini, Esteban • Fraga, Gustavo P. • Frattima, Sabrina • Gandhi, Chinmay • Gattuso, Gianni • Giamarellou, Eleni • Ghnnam, Wagih • Gkiokas, George • Girardis, Massimo • Goff, Debbie A. • Gomes, Carlos Augusto • Gomi, Harumi • Guerra Gronerth, Rosio Isabel • Guirao, Xavier • Guzman-Blanco, Manuel • Haque, Mainul • Hecker, Andreas • Hell, Markus • Herzog, Torsten • Hicks, Lauri • Kafka-Ritsch, Reinhold • Kao, Lillian S. • Kanj, Souha S. • Kaplan, Lewis J. • Kapoor, Garima • Karamarkovic, Aleksandar • Kashuk, Jeffry • Kenig, Jakub • Khamis, Faryal • Khokha, Vladimir • Kiguba, Ronald • Kirkpatrick, Andrew W. • Korner, Hartwig • Koike, Kaoru • Kok, Kenneth Y. Y. • Kon, Kateryna • Kong, Victor • Inaba, Kenji • Ioannidis, Orestis • Isik, Arda • Iskandar, Katia • Labbate, Maurizio • Labricciosa, Francesco M. • Lagrou, Katrien • Lagunes, Leonel • Latifi, Rifat • Lasithiotakis, Kostas • Laxminarayan, Ramanan • Lee, Jae Gil • Leone, Marc • Leppaniemi, Ari • Li, Yousheng • Liang, Stephen Y. • Liau, Kui-Hin • Litvin, Andrey • Loho, Tonny • Lowman, Warren • Machain, Gustavo M. • Maier, Ronald V. • Manzano-Nunez, Ramiro • Marinis, Athanasios • Marmorale, Cristina • Martin-Loeches, Ignacio • Marwah, Sanjay • Maseda, Emilio • McFarlane, Michael • de Melo, Renato Bessa • Melotti, Maria Rita • Memish, Ziad • Mertz, Dominik • Mesina, Cristian • Menichetti, Francesco • Mishra, Shyam Kumar • Montori, Giulia • Moore, Ernest E. • Moore, Frederick A. • Naidoo, Noel • Napolitano, Lena • Negoi, Ionut • Nicolau, David P. • Nikolopoulos, Ioannis • Nord, Carl Erik • Ofori-Asenso, Richard • Olaoye, Iyiade • Omari, Abdelkarim H. • Ordonez, Carlos A. • Ouadii, Mouaqit • Ouedraogo, Abdoul-Salam • Pagani, Leonardo • Paiva, Jose Artur • Parreira, Jose Gustavo • Pata, Francesco • Pereira, Jorge • Pereira, Nuno R. • Petrosillo, Nicola • Picetti, Edoardo • Pintar, Tadeja • Ponce-de-Leon, Alfredo • Popovski, Zagorka • Poulakou, Garyphallia • Preller, Jacobus • Guerrero, Adrian Puello • Pupelis, Guntars • Quiodettis, Martha • Rawson, Timothy M. • Reichert, Martin • Reinhart, Konrad • Rems, Miran • Rello, Jordi • Rizoli, Sandro • Roberts, Jason • Rubio-Perez, Ines • Ruppc, Etienne • Sakakushev, Boris • Sall, Ibrahima • Kafil, Hossein Samadi • Sanders, James • Sato, Norio • Sawyer, Robert G. • Scalea, Thomas • Scibe, Rodolfo • Scudeller, Luigia • Segovia Lohse, Helmut • Sganga, Gabriele • Shafiq, Nusrat • Shah, Jay N. • Spigaglia, Patrizia • Suroowan, Shanoo • Tsioutis, Constantinos • Sifri, Costi D. • Siribumrungwong, Boonying • Sugrue, Michael • Talving, Peep • Tan, Boun Kim • Tarasconi, Antonio • Tascini, Carlo • Tilsed, Jonathan • Timsit, Jean-Francois • Tumbarello, Mario • Ngo Tat Trung • Ulrych, Jan • Uranues, Selman • Velmahos, George • Vereczkei, Andras G. • Viale, Pierluigi • Vila Estape, Jordi • Viscoli, Claudio • Wagenlehner, Florian • Wright, Brian J. • Xiao, Yonghong • Yuan, Kuo-Ching • Zachariah, Sanoop K. • Zahar, Jean Ralph • Mergulhao, Paulo • Catena, Fausto

Source :

Surgical Infections • Volume 18 • Issue 8 • 2017
Pages 846-853

Document type :

Article

Abstract :

This declaration, signed by an interdisciplinary task force of 234 experts from 83 different countries with different backgrounds, highlights the threat posed by antimicrobial resistance and the need for appropriate use of antibiotic agents and antifungal agents in hospitals worldwide especially focusing on surgical infections. As such, it is our intent to raise awareness among healthcare workers and improve antimicrobial prescribing. To facilitate its dissemination, the declaration was translated in different languages.

Subjects :

Infectious Diseases • Surgery • Infectious Diseases • Surgery • Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia • Antibiotic Stewardship • Guidelines • Therapy • Adults

Document Identifiers :

DOI : 10.1089/sur.2017.219
Web of Science : 000414908600002
PubMed : 291754
Scinapse : 10.1089/sur.2017.219
Scite : 10.1089/sur.2017.219

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