Burden and spectrum of infectious disease in Germany 2009–2014: a multicentre study from Berlin’s Municipal Hospitals

Infectious diseases have recently gained wide public interest. Emerging infections and rising rates of antibiotic resistance are determining this trend. Both challenges will need to be addressed in international and local collaborations between different specialties in medicine and basic science. Infectious diseases as a clinical specialty in this scenario is directly responsible for the care of patients with infectious diseases. Its involvement in the care of patients with complicated infections has proved to be highly effective. Antibiotic stewardship programmes are effective measures in slowing the development of antibiotic resistance and have been widely implemented. But antibiotic stewardship specialists should not be confused with or taken as an alternative to infectious disease experts. Infectious diseases requires appropriate and specific training. It mainly uses the instrumentarium of internal medicine. With the current challenges in modern medicine, infectious diseases in Germany should thus be upgraded from a subspecialty to a clinical specialty, ideally within Internal Medicine.

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Infektiologie – ein Schwerpunkt der Inneren Medizin

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Burden and spectrum of infectious disease in Germany 2009–2014: a multicentre study from Berlin’s Municipal Hospitals

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Infektiologie – ein Schwerpunkt der Inneren Medizin

Infektiologie – ein Schwerpunkt der Inneren Medizin

“Nudging” in microbiological reports: a strategy to improve prescribing

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