Antibiotic prescribing and antibiotic resistance in community practice: retrospective study, 1996-8
Antibiotic prescribing and antibiotic resistance in community practice: retrospective study, 1996-8
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DOI:
10.1136/bmj.319.7219.1239
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发表时间:
1999-11-06
影响因子:
105.7
通讯作者:
Howard, AJ
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作者:
Magee, JT;Pritchard, EL;Howard, AJ
Methods and resultsData on the susceptibility to antibiotics of coliform organisms in routine urine samples taken by general practitioners for diagnosis of urinary tract infections were collected from the Bangor, Cardiff, and Rhyl Public Health Laboratories and the East Glamorgan, Prince Charles, and Wrexham Maelor Hospitals. Data on the prescribing practices of surgeries were obtained from the Welsh Prescription Pricing Service Rates of prescribing (the number of prescriptions/1000 patients per year) and resistance rates (which excluded multiple isolates of organisms with the same susceptibility from the same patient) were calculated for each surgery. The use of broad spectrum penicillin formulations without a β lactamase inhibitor (such as ampicillin and amoxicillin) was estimated by subtracting the number of prescriptions for co-amoxiclav from the total number of prescriptions for all other broad spectrum penicillins. We use the term amoxicillin below to refer to these broad spectrum penicillins without a β lactamase inhibitor.