Do we really understand what we want or need out of antimicrobial stewardship programs

Department of Pathology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Royal University Hospital & the Saskatoon Health Region, Departments of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology & Ophthalmology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada *Author for correspondence: Tel.: +1 306 655 6943; Fax: +1 306 655 6947; joseph.blondeau@saskatoonheathregion.ca “Maintaining our existing drug repertoire is the only strategy available for drug longevity but this will be difficult.”