Consecutive antibiotic use in the outpatient setting: an extensive, longitudinal descriptive analysis of antibiotic dispensing data in the Netherlands

Consecutive antibiotic use in the outpatient setting: an extensive, longitudinal descriptive analysis of antibiotic dispensing data in the Netherlands

Abstract Introduction Taking consecutive antibiotic use into account is of importance to obtain insight in treatment within disease episodes, use of 2nd- and 3rd-choice antibiotics, therapy failure and/or side effects. Nevertheless, studies dealing with consecutive antibiotic use are scarce. We aime...

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Main Authors: Loek A. W. de Jong, Paul D. van der Linden, Monique M. B. Roukens, Ewoudt M. W. van de Garde, Alike W. van der Velden, Stephanie Natsch, on behalf of SWAB’s Working Group on Surveillance of Antimicrobial Use
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Antibacterials
Antibiotic prescription
Antibiotic usage
Antibiotics
Consecutive antibiotic use
Outpatient setting
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-019-3732-x

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