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<p>Unreasonable antibacterial therapy is suspected to be the main reason of emergence of multi-resistant bacteria. The connection between seasonal variability of antibiotic use and reasonable antibacterial therapy has been described. We examined the issue basing on the data obtained from the primary care system in Szczecin (Poland) in order to verify the situation in this region of Central Europe. Increase in antibiotic consumption in a viral infection season was proved to be statistically significant. Statistically significant differences in various drug forms dispensation were also observed. Increased consumption of antibiotics in seasons of influenza-like illnesses might be connected with a lack of proper diagnostics or numerous cases of bacterial co-infections.</p>
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Unreasonable antibacterial therapy is suspected to be the main reason of emergence of multi-resistant bacteria. The connection between seasonal variability of antibiotic use and reasonable antibacterial therapy has been described. We examined the issue basing on the data obtained from the primary care system in Szczecin (Poland) in order to verify the situation in this region of Central Europe. Increase in antibiotic consumption in a viral infection season was proved to be statistically significant. Statistically significant differences in various drug forms dispensation were also observed. Increased consumption of antibiotics in seasons of influenza-like illnesses might be connected with a lack of proper diagnostics or numerous cases of bacterial co-infections.

Outpatient Antibiotic Consumption Fluctuations in a View of Unreasonable Antibacterial Therapy

Polish Journal of Microbiology

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Unreasonable antibacterial therapy is suspected to be the main reason of emergence of multi-resistant bacteria. The connection between seasonal variability of...

Outpatient Antibiotic Consumption Fluctuations in a View of Unreasonable Antibacterial Therapy

Published Online: Mar 30, 2017

Page range: 119 - 123

Received: Aug 08, 2016

Accepted: Jan 12, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5604/17331331.1235001

Keywords
antibacterial agents, drug resistance, drug usage fluctuations, outpatient infection treatment, unreasonable antibacterial therapy

© 2017 MARCIN CISZEWSKI et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Outpatient Antibiotic Consumption Fluctuations in a View of Unreasonable Antibacterial Therapy

Published Online: Mar 30, 2017

Page range: 119 - 123

Received: Aug 08, 2016

Accepted: Jan 12, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5604/17331331.1235001

Keywordsantibacterial agents, drug resistance, drug usage fluctuations, outpatient infection treatment, unreasonable antibacterial therapy

© 2017 MARCIN CISZEWSKI et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
antibacterial agents, drug resistance, drug usage fluctuations, outpatient infection treatment, unreasonable antibacterial therapy