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Bou-Antoun S, Rokadiya S, Ashiru-Oredope D, Demirjian A, Sherwood E, Ellaby N, Gerver S, Grossi C, Harman K, Hartman H, Lochen A, Ragonnet-Cronin M, Squire H, Sutton JM, Thelwall S, Tree J, Bahar MW, Stuart DI, Brown CS, Chand M, Hopkins S. COVID-19 therapeutics: stewardship in England and considerations for antimicrobial resistance. J Antimicrob Chemother 2023; 78:ii37-ii42. [PMID: 37995354 PMCID: PMC10666993 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkad314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2023] Open
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic saw unprecedented resources and funds driven into research for the development, and subsequent rapid distribution, of vaccines, diagnostics and directly acting antivirals (DAAs). DAAs have undeniably prevented progression and life-threatening conditions in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. However, there are concerns of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), antiviral resistance specifically, for DAAs. To preserve activity of DAAs for COVID-19 therapy, as well as detect possible mutations conferring resistance, antimicrobial stewardship and surveillance were rapidly implemented in England. This paper expands on the ubiquitous ongoing public health activities carried out in England, including epidemiologic, virologic and genomic surveillance, to support the stewardship of DAAs and assess the deployment, safety, effectiveness and resistance potential of these novel and repurposed therapeutics.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sabine Bou-Antoun
- Healthcare-Associated Infection (HCAI), Fungal, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), Antimicrobial Use (AMU) & Sepsis Division, United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA), London, UK
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- Genomics Public Health Analysis (GPHA), United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA), London, UK
| | - Diane Ashiru-Oredope
- Healthcare-Associated Infection (HCAI), Fungal, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), Antimicrobial Use (AMU) & Sepsis Division, United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA), London, UK
| | - Alicia Demirjian
- Healthcare-Associated Infection (HCAI), Fungal, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), Antimicrobial Use (AMU) & Sepsis Division, United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA), London, UK
- Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases & Immunology, Evelina London Children's Hospital, London, UK
- Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King’s College London, London, UK
| | - Emma Sherwood
- Clinical and Emerging Infections (CEI), United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA), London, UK
| | - Nicholas Ellaby
- Genomics Public Health Analysis (GPHA), United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA), London, UK
| | - Sarah Gerver
- Healthcare-Associated Infection (HCAI), Fungal, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), Antimicrobial Use (AMU) & Sepsis Division, United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA), London, UK
| | - Carlota Grossi
- COVID-19 Rapid Evidence Service Public Health Advice, Guidance and Expertise (PHAGE), UK Health Security Agency, London NW9 5EQ, UK
| | - Katie Harman
- COVID-19 Vaccines and Applied Epidemiology Division, UK Health Security Agency, London NW9 5EQ, UK
| | - Hassan Hartman
- Genomics Public Health Analysis (GPHA), United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA), London, UK
| | - Alessandra Lochen
- Tuberculosis (TB), Acute Respiratory, Zoonoses, Emerging and Travel infections Division, UK Health Security Agency, London NW9 5EQ, UK
| | - Manon Ragonnet-Cronin
- Genomics Public Health Analysis (GPHA), United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA), London, UK
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
| | - Hanna Squire
- Healthcare-Associated Infection (HCAI), Fungal, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), Antimicrobial Use (AMU) & Sepsis Division, United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA), London, UK
| | - J Mark Sutton
- Research and Evaluation, UK Health Security Agency, Porton Down, Salisbury SP4 0JG, UK
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, King’s College London, London, UK
| | - Simon Thelwall
- COVID-19 Vaccines and Applied Epidemiology Division, UK Health Security Agency, London NW9 5EQ, UK
| | - Julia Tree
- Research and Evaluation, UK Health Security Agency, Porton Down, Salisbury SP4 0JG, UK
| | - Mohammad W Bahar
- Division of Structural Biology, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, The Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, UK
| | - David I Stuart
- Division of Structural Biology, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, The Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, UK
- Diamond Light Source Ltd, Harwell Science & Innovation Campus, Didcot, UK
| | - Colin S Brown
- Healthcare-Associated Infection (HCAI), Fungal, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), Antimicrobial Use (AMU) & Sepsis Division, United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA), London, UK
| | - Meera Chand
- Genomics Public Health Analysis (GPHA), United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA), London, UK
| | - Susan Hopkins
- Healthcare-Associated Infection (HCAI), Fungal, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), Antimicrobial Use (AMU) & Sepsis Division, United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA), London, UK
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