Use of antibiotics and penicillin-resistant pneumococci: what can we learn from Iceland?
A few months ago, I evaluated an interesting thesis by Vilhjalmur Ari Arason of Iceland with the title: "Use of antimicrobials and carriage of penicillin-resistant pneumococci in children: Repeated cross-sectional studies covering 10 years." (Available at http://landspitali.openrepository.com/lsh/handle/2336/6005). The results of the thesis deserve further dissemination because we can all learn a great deal about the relationship between use of antibiotics and bacteria susceptability in the community.
University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark. jlous@health.sdu.dk
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D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007055:Iceland / Q000453:epidemiology; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000382:microbiology; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D010406:Penicillins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D012307:Risk Factors; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D010406:Penicillins