Improvement of Antibiotics Susceptibility of Escherichia coli in a Tertiary Hospital in Japan
Yuji Watanabe
Laboratory for Clinical Microbiology, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University Hospital, Sendai City, Miyagi, Japan and Division of Infectious Diseases, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University Hospital, Sendai City, Miyagi, Japan.
Masafumi Seki
Laboratory for Clinical Microbiology, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University Hospital, Sendai City, Miyagi, Japan.
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Abstract
Antimicrobial stewardship team (AST) and Infection Control Team (ICT) have recently been linked Infectious diseases (ID) physicians, and implemented in clinical settings in Japan. The microbiological effects of an AST and ICT, in addition to Diagnostic stewardship team (DST) supported by ID physicians in our tertiary hospital were shown in significant reduction of antibiotic resistance of Escherichia coli (E coli) including extended spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBL)-producing E coli.
Keywords: Antimicrobial stewardship team (AST), diagnostic stewardship team (DST), infection control team (ICT), infectious diseases (ID) physicians, Escherichia coli, extended spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBL).