Influence of population density on antibiotic resistance

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 385-390

  Bruinsma, N ^a   Hutchinson, J M ^b   van den Bogaard, A E ^a   Giamarellou, H ^c   Degener, J ^d   Stobberingh, E E ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotic use; E.coli; Enterococci; Population density

Indexed keywords

AMINOPENICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINCOSAMIDE DERIVATIVE; MACROLIDE; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DRUG USE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GREECE; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE;

CANADA; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG UTILIZATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GREECE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 0037329599     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkg072     Document Type: Article

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