The development of antimicrobial agents is one of the most influential achievements of modern medicine. However, where once we thought the days of sepsis deaths could be numbered, antimicrobial resistance has given us pause for pessimism.

Professor Jan De Waele is a surgery-trained intensivist and clinical researcher from Ghent, Belgium, working on several aspects of optimizing antimicrobial use in the ICU, including Antimicrobial Stewardship.