C. A. Campos, M.P. Castro, M.F. Gliemmo and L.I. Schelegueda Departamento de Industrias, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Intendente Güiraldes 2160, Ciudad Universitaria, Capital Federal, 1428, Argentina 2 Member of Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de la República Argentina 3 Universidad Nacional del Chaco Austral. Cte. Fernández 7...

Infectious diseases still one of the major causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide. The incidences of these infections are higher in communities exposed to inadequate sanitary conditions (commonly found in developing countries), and hospitalized and immunosuppressed individuals. This parasitic efficiency of microorganisms is due their high capacity to develop strategies to evade immune syst...

The objective of this study is to investigate an effect on the antimicrobial appropriate use of the antimicrobial stewardship. We investigated the consumption of injectable antimicrobials from 2001 to 2007 and the administration period of specific antimicrobials (carbapenems, fourth-generation cephalosporins, anti-methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) agents) in the individual pati...