Antimicrobial Stewardship

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Case Report / VOLUME 4, ISSUE 4, DECEMBER 2022

A Case of Clostridioides difficile Infection of a Pregnant Woman Treated with Colectomy

Süda Tekin and others

Clostridioides difficile infections (CDIs) can present in various clinical forms, ranging from an asymptomatic carrier state to pseudomembranous colitis (PMC), and are recognized as one of the leading causes of diarrhea in healthcare centers. C. difficile-associated PMC is a life-threatening inflammatory bowel disease and may result in (...) Read More

Original Article / VOLUME 4, ISSUE 3, SEPTEMBER 2022

Antibiotic Use among Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 and Treated in Three Different Clinics

Oğuz Evlice and others

The clinical spectrum of COVID-19 varies, ranging from asymptomatic infection to critical illness. The most commonly used tool for the classification of disease severity is the National Institute of Health (NIH) severity scale, which has four categories: mild, moderate, severe, and critical. Patients with moderate and severe clinical courses are followed up in wards, while those with (...) Read More

Original Article / VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1, APRIL 2019

Safety of a Carbapenem-Sparing Approach as Part of an Antibiotic Stewardship Program, in a Setting with Increased Carbapenem Resistance

Anna-Arbana Makina and others

Over the last two decades, the rates of carbapenem-resistant (CR) pathogens have increased dramatically in Greek hospitals, with Klebsiella pneumoniae as the most worrisome representative (1). According to the recent European Annual Surveillance Report from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Greece ranks first in Europe, with the highest percentage of (...) Read More