After suffering from a recurrent antibiotic-related infection for nearly a year, antibiotic stewardship is a topic near and dear to my heart. Antimicrobial resistance is a near second. Antimicrobial resistance – when bacteria become resistant to usual antibiotics – is a complex and growing problem in the U.S. Enter SB 2076, the PASTEUR Act. Why…
Month: August 2022
Antibiotic Stewardship Matters
For many years I had discussions with my patients about how we as health care providers needed to be good stewards of antibiotic use. It usually came in the context of explaining to a patient why I thought they didn’t need an antibiotic for their condition. Little did I know that that I would develop…