Antimicrobial research has hit a wall: treatment discoveries are rarer and resistant pathogen strains more prevalent. Rather than infection control itself, antimicrobial stewardship is an essential measure in ensuring management of hospital-acquired infections. Throughout this book, international experts discuss all angles of stewardship.

Contributions by: Thomas Lodise, John McNelis, Powel Kazanjian, Armen Arshakyan, Cesar Arias, Allison H. Bartlett, Andrew Berti, April Bobenchik, Hugh Booth, Carey-Ann Burnham, Michael S Calderwood, Gerald A Capraro, Joseph J Carreno, Kimberle Chapin, Christopher W Crank, Robert S. Daum, Susan L Davis, George Daikos, Tom Dilworth, Christopher D Doern, Gary V Doern, Curtis Donskey, Monica Dorobisz, Ramy Elshaboury, Sandy Estrada, Islam M Ghazi, Jennifer L Goldman, Blanca E Gonzalez, Christopher J Graber, Inge Gyssens, Sajeev Handa, Amy Hanson, Emily L Heil, Elizabeth D Hermsen, Styliani Karanika, Keith S Kaye, Joseph L Kuti, Nicole M Mahoney, Antonis Markogiannakis, Aileen Martinez, Dmitriy Martirosov, Dayna McManus, Renee-Claude Mercier, Jacob Morton, Jose M Munita, Jason G Newland, David P Nicolau, Jessica K Ortwine, Suresh Paudel, Jason M Pogue, Warren Rose, John C Rotschafer, Michael A Ruggero, Michael Samarkos, Nikolaos Sipsas, Harold Standiford, Melvin Stone, Mahlet Tadele, Evangelia Theophano Piperaki, Philip Toltzis, Jeffrey E Topal, Damary Torres, Leonidas Tzouvelekis, Jamie L Wagner, Carla Walraven, Panayiotis Ziakas