Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been exacerbated by the inappropriate use of
diagnostics, leading to excessive prescription of antimicrobials, and is an imminent threat to …

Objectives The COVID-19 pandemic has posed a significant threat to the global healthcare
system, presenting a major challenge to antimicrobial stewardship worldwide. Methods We …

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the detrimental effect of secondary pathogens in
patients with a primary viral insult. In addition to superinfections with bacterial pathogens …

Background COVID‐19‐associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA) is a major complication
of critically ill COVID‐19 patients, with a high mortality rate and potentially preventable …

The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to worsen the global problem of antimicrobial
resistance (AMR). There is a heightened interest in understanding this effect and to develop …

The impact of bacterial pneumonia on patients with COVID-19 infection remains unclear.
This prospective observational monocentric cohort study aims to determine the incidence of …

Phage therapy is increasing in relevance as an alternative treatment to combat antibiotic
resistant bacteria. Phage cocktails are the state-of-the-art method of administering phages in …

Background Antibacterial therapy is frequently used in patients with severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) without evidence of bacterial infection, prompting …

Legionnaires' Disease (LD) is a severe, sometimes fatal interstitial pneumonia due to
Legionella pneumophila. Since the inception of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, some …

Background and Objectives. The intensive care unit (ICU), especially in an infectious
disease hospital, is both an area with a high consumption of antibiotics (atb) and a …