Outpatient antibiotic use in Europe and association with resistance: a cross-national database study

H. Goossens; M. Ferech; R. V. Stichele; M. Elseviers; for the Esac Project Group

DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(05)17907-0

Corpus ID: 23782228

Outpatient antibiotic use in Europe and association with resistance: a cross-national database study

@article{Goossens2005OutpatientAU,
  title={Outpatient antibiotic use in Europe and association with resistance: a cross-national database study},
  author={H. Goossens and M. Ferech and R. V. Stichele and M. Elseviers and for the Esac Project Group},
  journal={The Lancet},
  year={2005},
  volume={365},
  pages={579-587}
}

H. Goossens, M. Ferech, +2 authors for the Esac Project Group

Published 2005

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The Lancet

BACKGROUND Resistance to antibiotics is a major public-health problem and antibiotic use is being increasingly recognised as the main selective pressure driving this resistance. [...] Key MethodMETHODS We investigated outpatient antibiotic use in 26 countries in Europe that provided internationally comparable distribution or reimbursement data, between Jan 1, 1997, and Dec 31, 2002, by calculating the number of defined daily doses (DDD) per 1000 inhabitants per day, according to WHO anatomic therapeutic…Expand Abstract

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