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Antimicrobial Stewardship

Antimicrobial stewardship is a coordinated clinical practice aimed at optimizing the use of antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents to improve patient outcomes, reduce adverse effects and costs, and slow the emergence of antimicrobial resistance. It involves systematic efforts, typically led by physicians, pharma…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 5 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 10× across the literature 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

Antimicrobial stewardship is a coordinated clinical practice aimed at optimizing the use of antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents to improve patient outcomes, reduce adverse effects and costs, and slow the emergence of antimicrobial resistance. It involves systematic efforts, typically led by physicians, pharmacists, and microbiologists, to ensure that the right antimicrobial is selected at the right dose, route, and duration, and that unnecessary or inappropriate prescribing is curtailed. Because the overuse and misuse of antibiotics drive the spread of resistant organisms, stewardship programs combine prescriber education, prescribing guidelines and restrictions, surveillance, and audit and feedback to preserve the effectiveness of existing agents. As a journal focused on antibiotic research, the International Journal of Antibiotic Research publishes work addressing these challenges, including a study of the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of prescribers toward antimicrobial stewardship at hospitals in Khartoum State, Sudan, and a before-and-after trial evaluating the restriction of antimicrobial usage in a tertiary care neonatal unit in South India. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to antimicrobial stewardship and the responsible use of antimicrobial agents in clinical care.

Research published in this journal

5 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 5 articles above have been cited 10 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Antimicrobial Stewardship, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of Antibiotic Research.

Journal editorial board
Tonmoy Debnath · Taiwan Haihong Hao · United States Tauqeer Hussain Mallhi · Australia

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