Exploring the association between resistance and outpatient antibiotic use expressed as DDDs or packages
Author(s) -
Robin Bruyndonckx,
Niel Hens,
Marc Aerts,
Herman Goossens,
José Cortiñas Abrahantes,
Samuel Coenen
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dku525
Subject(s) - penicillin , medicine , antibiotic resistance , pid controller , erythromycin , antibiotics , antibacterial agent , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , engineering , temperature control , control engineering
The objective of this study was to explore the association between resistance and outpatient antibiotic use, expressed as either DDDs per 1000 inhabitants per day (DID) or packages per 1000 inhabitants per day (PID).
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