Effect of social and climatological factors on antimicrobial use and Streptococcus pneumoniae resistance in different provinces in Spain

• Published in: Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy Vol. 54; no. 2; pp. 465 - 471
• Main Authors: García-Rey, César, Fenoll, Asunción, Aguilar, Lorenzo, Casal, Julio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 01.08.2004; Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; antibiotic consumption; Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents; Biological and medical sciences; Climate; Culture; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Drug Utilization; Female; Health Resources; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; resistance; S. pneumoniae; Socioeconomic Factors; Spain; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Streptococcus pneumoniae - drug effects; Europe; Spain; Infection; Resistance; Streptococcaceae; Medical prescription; Streptococcal infection; Bacteriosis; Bacteria; Micrococcales; Antibacterial agent; Pneumococcal infection; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Objectives: To investigate the association between geographical differences in antibiotic consumption and resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae to penicillin and erythromycin in 15 provinces of Spain, taking into account the potential influence of a series of social and climatological factors. Meth...