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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1003.030252
Personal Author:
Albrich, Werner C. ; Monnet, Dominique L. ; Harbarth, Stephan ;
Albrich, Werner C. ; Monnet, Dominique L. ; Harbarth, Stephan ; Less -
Description:
We correlated outpatient antibiotic use with prevalence of penicillin-nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae (PNSP), macrolide-resistant S. pneumoniae (MRSP), and macrolide-resistant S. pyogenes (MRGAS) in 20 countries. Total antibiotic use was correlated with PNSP (r = 0.75; p < 0.001), as was macrolide use with MRSP (r = 0.88; p < 0.001) and MRGAS (r = 0.71; p = 0.004). Streptococcal resistance is directly associated with antibiotic selection pressure on a national level.
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
Dispatch
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Europe
Humans
Penicillin Resistance
Physician's Practice Patterns
Prevalence

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 10(3):514-517.
Document Type:
Journal Article ;
Place as Subject:
United States ;
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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