Inpatient antibiotic resistance: Everyone's problem.

PANCREATITIS; NAUSEA; ABDOMINAL pain; MEROPENEM; COMPUTED tomography; PANCREATITIS treatment; PAIN risk factors; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIAL diseases; COMBINATION drug therapy; CROSS infection; DRUG resistance in microorganisms; HOSPITAL patients; EVIDENCE-based medicine

Greater efforts aimed at using antimicrobials sparingly and appropriately, as well as developing new antimicrobials with activity against multidrug-resistant pathogens, are ultimately needed to address the threat of antimicrobial resistance. This article describes the evidence-based management of inpatient infections caused by resistant bacteria and the role family physicians can play in reducing further development of resistance through antimicrobial stewardship practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]