An increasing variety of indicators of antimicrobial usage has become available in human
and veterinary medicine, with no consensus on the most appropriate indicators to be used …

Objectives Determinants of inappropriate antibiotic prescription in the community are not
clearly defined. The objective of this study was to perform a systematic review and meta …

Demand for animal protein is rising globally and has been facilitated by the expansion of
intensive farming. However, intensive animal production relies on the regular use of …

Background Resistance to antibiotics is a major public-health problem and antibiotic use is
being increasingly recognised as the main selective pressure driving this resistance. Our …

Background There are no reliable data on antibiotic use in non-European Union (EU)
southern and eastern European countries and newly independent states. We aimed to …

Background Data on more than a decade of outpatient quinolone use were collected from
33 European countries within the European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption …

Our study confronts the use of antimicrobial agents in ambulatory care with the resistance
trends of 2 major pathogens, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Escherichia coli, in 21 …

Background. Point-prevalence surveys have been used to document antimicrobial use in
hospitals for> 20 years. However, published surveys are inconsistent with respect to …

Background: The ESAC project, granted by DG SANCO of the European Commission, is an
international network of surveillance systems, aiming to collect comparable and reliable data …

During the last decades, the growth of concern towards different pollutants has been
increasing due to population activities in large cities and the great need for food production …