Ten years of antibiotic consumption in ambulatory care: Trends in prescribing practice and antibiotic resistance in Austria
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Ten years of antibiotic consumption in ambulatory care: Trends in prescribing practice and antibiotic resistance in Austria
BACKGROUND The primary aims of this study were (i) to determine the quantity and pattern of antibiotic use in Austria between 1998 and 2007 and (ii) to analyze antibiotic esistance rates in relation to antibiotic consumption in important clinical situations in order to provide data for empirical therapeutic regimens for key indications. METHODS Consumption data and resistance data were obtain...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Infectious Diseases
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1471-2334
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-9-61