The Relationship between Antimicrobial Use and Antimicrobial Resistance in Europe

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Bronzwaer, Stef L.A.M. ; Cars, Otto ; Buchholz, Udo ; Mölstad, Sigvard ; Goettsch, Wim ; Veldhuijzen, Irene K. ; Kool, Jacob L. ; Sprenger, Marc J.W. ; Degener, John E.
• Corporate Authors:
  participants in the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System
• Description:
  In Europe, antimicrobial resistance has been monitored since 1998 by the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (EARSS). We examined the relationship between penicillin nonsusceptibility of invasive isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae and antibiotic sales. Information was collected on 1998-99 resistance data for invasive isolates of S. pneumoniae to penicillin, based on surveillance data from EARSS and on outpatient sales during 1997 for beta-lactam antibiotics and macrolides. Our results show that in Europe antimicrobial resistance of S. pneumoniae to penicillin is correlated with use of beta-lactam antibiotics and macrolides.
• Subjects:
  Anti-Bacterial Agents Drug Utilization Humans Lactams Linear Models Microbial Sensitivity Tests Penicillin Resistance Streptococcus Pneumoniae
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 8(3):278-282.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Europe
• Volume:
  8
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:accd356816397de12305c7be856ea7d6463bfb88beffa4debde3d290ef636d52
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/13777/cdc_13777_DS1.pdf
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