Bibliometric analysis of peer-reviewed literature on antimicrobial stewardship from 1990 to 2019

Table 1 Most frequent author keywords in AMS literature

Keyword	Number of occurrences	Keyword	Number of occurrences	Keyword	Number of occurrences	Keyword	Number of occurrences
antimicrobial stewardship	819	urinary tract infection	69	drug resistance	44	antibiotic prescribing	35
antibiotic stewardship	383	sepsis	67	guidelines	44	urinary tract infections	35
antimicrobial resistance	318	antimicrobial stewardship program	63	multidrug resistance	44	community-acquired pneumonia	34
antibiotics	276	epidemiology	61	survey	43	outcomes	34
antibiotic resistance	239	procalcitonin	61	education	42	rapid diagnostics	32
stewardship	129	surveillance	58	vancomycin	42	acinetobacter baumannii	31
infection control	106	quality improvement	57	esbl	40	antimicrobial use	31
resistance	101	antibiotic use	54	hospital	40	de-escalation	31
antibiotic	98	pneumonia	54	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	39	emergency department	30
Clostridium difficile	94	bacteremia	52	enterobacteriaceae	38	bloodstream infection	29
infection	84	mrsa	47	pharmacist	38	fluoroquinolones	29
antimicrobial	75	antimicrobials	46	intensive care unit	37	long-term care	29
infectious diseases	74	pediatrics	46	prevention	36	Staphylococcus aureus	29

ISSN: 1744-8603