Author ORCID Identifier

Robin Jump

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-27-2020

Abstract

The complexities of antibiotic resistance mean that successful stewardship must consider both the effectiveness of a given antibiotic and the spectrum of that therapy to minimize imposing further selective pressure. To meet this challenge, we propose the Desirability of Outcome Ranking approach for the Management of Antimicrobial Therapy (DOOR MAT), a flexible quantitative framework that evaluates the desirability of antibiotic selection. Herein, we describe the steps required to implement DOOR MAT and present examples to illustrate how the desirability of treatment selection can be evaluated using resistance information. While treatments and the scoring of treatment selections must be adapted to specific clinical settings, the principle of DOOR MAT remains constant: The most desirable antibiotic choice effectively treats the patient while exerting minimal pressure on future resistance.

Keywords

antibiotic stewardship, antimicrobial resistance, methodology

Language

English

Publication Title

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Grant

R01AI063517

Rights

Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2020. This work is written by (a) US Government employee(s) and is in the public domain in the US.

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