Special issue on antimicrobial resistance
Authors from six European countries report on their experiences and successes in containing antimicrobial resistance.
Eurosurveillance, Volume 13, Issue 46, 13 November 2008
Table of Contents
Editorials
by DL Monnet, KG Kristinsson
Perspectives
by Anonymous
In France, the overall proportion of penicillin-non-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae has decreased from 53% in 2002 to 38% in 2006, and the proportion of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureu(...)
by H Goossens, S Coenen, M Costers, S De Corte, A De Sutter, B Gordts, L Laurier, MJ Struelens
The overall objective of BAPCOC is to promote judicious use of antibiotics in humans and animals and to promote infection control and hospital hygiene, with the overall aim to reduce antibiotic resist(...)
by M Čižman
During 1991-1999 a significant increase of consumption of macrolides and fluoroquinolones was observed in Slovenia, and this was associated with significant increase of resistance of Streptococcus pne(...)
by V Jindrák, J Marek, V Vaniš, P Urbaskova, J Vlček, L Janiga, V Marešová
Repeated surveys among primary care paediatricians were performed annually from 1998 to 2002 in the Czech Republic. The task was to assess the prescription of antibiotics in treatment of respiratory i(...)
by S Mölstad, O Cars, J Struwe
The overall aim of Strama (The Swedish Strategic Programme Against Antibiotic Resistance) is to preserve the effectiveness of antibiotics in humans and animals. Strama is organised at two levels: a ne(...)
by JM Prins, JE Degener, AJ de Neeling, IC Gyssens, the SWAB board
Over the past decade, outpatient consumption of antibiotics has risen only slightly, but in the hospital setting there was an overall significant increase in antibiotic use, due mainly to the steady r(...)
Eurosurveillance Edition: 13 November 2008