Open AccessSeasonality and Temporal Correlation between Community Antibiotic Use and Resistance in the United States
Author(s) -
Lova Sun,
Eili Klein,
Ramanan Laxminarayan
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cis509
Subject(s) - ciprofloxacin , antibiotics , antibiotic resistance , medicine , clindamycin , medical prescription , sulfamethoxazole , tetracycline , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , pharmacology
Therapeutic antibiotic use in humans is a significant driver of antibiotic resistance. The seasonal effect of antibiotic use on antibiotic resistance has been poorly quantified because of lack of large-scale, spatially disaggregated time-series data on antibiotic use and resistance.
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