European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption (ESAC): Outpatient cephalosporin use in Europe (1997-2009)

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 66, Issue SUPPL. 6, 2011, Pages

  Versporten, Ann ^a   Coenen, Samuel ^a   Adriaenssens, Niels ^a   Muller, Arno ^a   Minalu, Girma ^b   Faes, Christel ^b   Vankerckhoven, Vanessa ^a   Aerts, Marc ^b   Hens, Niel ^a,b   Molenberghs, Geert ^b,c   Goossens, Herman ^a   Metz, Sigrid ^d   Fluch, Gerhard ^d   Vaerenberg, Sofie ^d   Goossens, Mathijs Michiel ^d   Markova, Boyka ^d   Andrašević, Arjana Tambic ^d   Kontemeniotis, Antonis ^d   Vlček, Jiří ^d   Frimodt Møller, Niels ^d   Jensen, Ulrich Stab ^d   Rootslane, Ly ^d   Laius, Ott ^d   Vuopio Varkila, Jaana ^d   Lyytikainen, Outi ^d   Cavalie, Philippe ^d   Kern, Winfried ^d   Giamarellou, Helen ^d   Antoniadou, Anastasia ^d   Ternák, Gábor ^d   Benko, Ria ^d   Briem, Haraldur ^d   Einarsson, Olafur ^d   Cunney, Robert ^d   Oza, Ajay ^d   Raz, Raul ^d   Edelstein, Hana ^d   Folino, Pietro ^d   Seilis, Andis ^d   Dumpis, Uga ^d   Valinteliene, Rolanda ^d   Bruch, Marcel ^d   Borg, Michael ^d   Zarb, Peter ^d   Natsch, Stephanie ^d   Kwint, Marieke ^d   Blix, Hege Salvesen ^d   Hryniewics, Waleria ^d   Olczak Pienkowska, Anna ^d   Kravanja, Malgorzata ^d   Ozorowski, Tomasz ^d   Ribeirinho, Mafalda ^d   Caldeira, Luis ^d   Bǎicuş, Anda ^d   Popescu, Gabriel ^d   Ratchina, Svetlana ^d   Kozlov, Roman ^d   Foltán, Viliam ^d   Čižman, Milan ^d   Lázaro, Edurne ^d   Campos, José ^d   de Abajo, Francisco ^d   Dohnhammar, Ulrica ^d   Zanetti, Giorgio ^d   Davey, Peter ^d   Wickens, Hayley ^d   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c KU LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Antibiotic use; Drug consumption; Pharmacoepidemiology

Indexed keywords

CEFACLOR; CEFADROXIL; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFIXIME; CEFPODOXIME; CEFPROZIL; CEFTIBUTEN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DRUG USE; EUROPE; FRANCE; HUMAN; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORINS; DRUG UTILIZATION; EUROPE; HUMANS; OUTPATIENTS; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEASONS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 82055189979     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkr455     Document Type: Article

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