Antimicrobial de-escalation as part of antimicrobial stewardship in intensive care: no simple answers to simple questions—a viewpoint of experts

Jan de Waele (1) , Jeroen Schouten (2) , Bojana Beovic (3) , Alexis Tabah (4) , Marc Leone (5, 6)

1 Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
2 Radboud University Medical Center [Nijmegen]
3 University of Ljubljana
4 University of Queensland [Brisbane]
5 MEPHI - Microbes évolution phylogénie et infections
6 Service Anesthésie et Réanimation [Hôpital Nord - APHM]

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Bacteriology; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Virology; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Parasitology; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Human health and pathology; Cardiology and cardiovascular system; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Human health and pathology; Emerging diseases; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Human health and pathology; Infectious diseases

Jan de Waele, Jeroen Schouten, Bojana Beovic, Alexis Tabah, Marc Leone. Antimicrobial de-escalation as part of antimicrobial stewardship in intensive care: no simple answers to simple questions—a viewpoint of experts. Intensive Care Medicine, 2020, ⟨10.1007/s00134-019-05871-z⟩. ⟨hal-02472506⟩