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    • Infectious disease management
    • Antimicrobial resistance

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    • Infections require careful management in critical care, impacting patient outcomes.
    • High prevalence of anti-infective therapy in intensive care units (ICUs).
    • Growing global challenge of microbial resistance necessitates optimized anti-infective strategies.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To review evidence and practical aspects of antibiotic stewardship in ICUs.
    • To highlight the role of antibiotic stewardship in optimizing anti-infective therapy.
    • To emphasize the importance of reducing resistance induction and preserving antibiotic efficacy.

    Main Methods:

    • Review of available scientific evidence.
    • Discussion of practical aspects of antibiotic stewardship implementation.
    • Focus on interdisciplinary approaches to anti-infective therapy.

    Main Results:

    • Antibiotic stewardship is a key interdisciplinary approach to improve anti-infective therapy.
    • ICUs are critical settings for implementing antibiotic stewardship interventions.
    • Stewardship aims to reduce resistance and maintain therapeutic antibiotic effectiveness.

    Conclusions:

    • Effective antibiotic stewardship is vital in ICUs to combat antimicrobial resistance.
    • Optimizing anti-infective therapy preserves the efficacy of antibiotics.
    • Interdisciplinary collaboration is essential for successful antibiotic stewardship programs.