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Title: | European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption (ESAC): outpatient antibiotic use in Europe (1997-2009) | Authors: | Adriaenssens, Niels Coenen, Samuel Versporten, Ann Muller, Arno AYELE, Girma FAES, Christel Vankerckhoven, Vanessa AERTS, Marc HENS, Niel MOLENBERGHS, Geert Goossens, Herman |
Issue Date: | 2011 | Publisher: | OXFORD UNIV PRESS | Source: | JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY, 66(S6), p. VI3-VI12 | Abstract: | Objectives: To describe total outpatient systemic antibiotic use in Europe from 1997 to 2009 and to analyse statistically trends of total use and composition of use over time. Methods: For the period 1997-2009, data on outpatient use of systemic antibiotics aggregated at the level of the active substance were collected and expressed in defined daily doses (WHO, version 2011) and packages per 1000 inhabitants per day (DID and PID, respectively). Outpatient antibiotic (ATC J01) use in DID in the 33 European countries able to deliver valid data was analysed using longitudinal and compositional data analyses. Results: Total outpatient antibiotic use in 2009 varied by a factor of 3.8 between the countries with the highest (38.6 DID in Greece) and lowest (10.2 DID in Romania) use. For Europe, a significant increase was found in total outpatient antibiotic use, as well as a significant seasonal variation, which decreased over time from 1997 to 2009. Relative use of penicillins and quinolones significantly increased over time with respect to sulphonamides and trimethoprim, and relative use of quinolones increased with respect to macrolide/lincosamide/streptogramin as well. More detailed analyses of these major antibiotic subgroups will be described in separate papers. Conclusions: Outpatient antibiotic use in Europe measured as DID has increased since 1997, whereas seasonal variation has decreased over time. European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption (ESAC) data on outpatient antibiotic use in Europe enable countries to audit their antibiotic use. Complemented by longitudinal and compositional data analyses, these data provide a tool for assessing public health strategies aimed at reducing antibiotic resistance and optimizing antibiotic prescribing. | Notes: | [Adriaenssens, Niels; Coenen, Samuel; Versporten, Ann; Muller, Arno; Vankerckhoven, Vanessa; Goossens, Herman] Univ Antwerp, Lab Med Microbiol, Vaccine & Infect Dis Inst VAXINFECTIO, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium. [Adriaenssens, Niels; Coenen, Samuel] Univ Antwerp, Ctr Gen Practice, Vaccine & Infect Dis Inst VAXINFECTIO, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium. [Minalu, Girma; Faes, Christel; Aerts, Marc; Hens, Niel; Molenberghs, Geert] Univ Hasselt, Interuniv Inst Biostat & Stat Bioinformat I BIOST, Hasselt, Belgium. [Hens, Niel] Univ Antwerp, CHERMID, Vaccine & Infect Dis Inst VAXINFECTIO, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium. [Molenberghs, Geert] Catholic Univ Louvain, Interuniv Inst Biostat & Stat Bioinformat I BIOST, B-3000 Louvain, Belgium. niels.adriaenssens@ua.ac.be | Keywords: | drug consumption; pharmacoepidemiology; ambulatory care;Infectious Diseases; Microbiology; Pharmacology & Pharmacy | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/12911 | ISSN: | 0305-7453 | e-ISSN: | 1460-2091 | DOI: | 10.1093/jac/dkr453 | ISI #: | 000297228400002 | Rights: | (C) The Author 2011. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2012 |
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