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Preventing and Controlling Antibiotic Resistance

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Albrich WC, Monnet DL, Harbarth S. Antibiotic Selection Pressure and Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae and Streptococcus pyogenes. Emerg Infect Dis, Vol 10, No. 3, 2004

Bruinsma N. Trends in antimicrobial resistance in Europe: report from EARSS. Eurosurveillance Weekly, Vol 8, No 51, 2004.

Cantrell R, Young AF, Martin BC. Antibiotic prescribing in ambulatory care settings for adults with colds, upper respiratory tract infections, and bronchitis. Clin Ther. 2002 Jan;24(1):170-82.

Ciesla G, Leader S, Stoddard J. Antibiotic prescribing rates in the US ambulatory care setting for patients diagnosed with influenza, 1997-2001. Respir Med. 2004 Nov;98(11):1093-101.

Grigoryan L, Haaijer-Ruskamp FM, Burgerhof JGM, Mechtler R, Deschepper R, Tambic-Andrasevic A, et al. Self-medication with antimicrobial drugs in Europe. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Feb;12(3):452-459

Johnson A. Outpatient consumption of antibiotics is linked to antibiotic resistance in Europe: results from the European surveillance of antimicrobial consumption. Eurosurveillance Weekly. 2005 Feb; 10(8).

MacDougall C, Harpe SE, Powell JP, Johnson CK, Edmond MB, Polk RE. Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, and fluoroquinolone use. Emerg Infect Dis 2005 Aug; 11(8) 1197-1204.

McCaig LF, Besser RE, Hughes JM. Antimicrobial-drug prescrption in ambulatory care settings, United States, 1992-2000. Emerg Infect Dis, Vol 9, No. 3, 2003

McCaig LF, Besser RE, Hughes JM. Trends in antimicrobial prescribing rates for children and adolescents. JAMA. 2002 Jun 19;287(23):3096-102.

Muller A, Coenen S, Monnet DL, Goossens H. European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption (ESAC): outpatient antibiotic use in Europe, 1998-2005. Euro Surveill. 2007;12(41):pii=3284.

Patrick DM, Marra F, Hutchinson J, Monnet DL, Ng H, Bowie WR. Per capita antibiotic consumption: how does a North American jurisdiction compare with Europe? Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Jul 1;39(1):11-7. Epub 2004 Jun 01.

Perz JF, Craig AS, Coffey CS, Jorgensen DM, Mitchel E, Hall S, Schaffner W, Griffin MR. Changes in antibiotic prescribing for children after a community-wide campaign.

Steinman MA, Landefeld CS, Gonzales R. Predictors of broad-spectrum antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory tract infections in adult primary care. JAMA. 2003 Feb 12;289(6):719-25.

Whitney CG, Farley MM, Hadler J, Harrison LH, Bennett NM, Lynfield R, Reingold A, Cieslak PR, Pilishvili T, Jackson D, Facklam RR, Jorgensen JH, Schuchat A; Active Bacterial Core Surveillance of the Emerging Infections Program Network. Decline in invasive pneumococcal disease after the introduction of protein-polysaccharide conjugate vaccine. N Engl J Med. 2003 May 1;348(18):1737-46.

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