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- Title
Significant reduction of antibiotic use in the community after a nationwide campaign in France, 2002-2007.
- Authors
Sabuncu, Elifsu; David, Julie; Bernède-Bauduin, Claire; Pépin, Sophie; Leroy, Michel; Boëlle, Pierre-Yves; Watier, Laurence; Guillemot, Didier
- Abstract
Overuse of antibiotics is the main force driving the emergence and dissemination of bacterial resistance in the community. France consumes more antibiotics and has the highest rate of beta-lactam resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae than any other European country. In 2001, the government initiated "Keep Antibiotics Working"; the program's main component was a campaign entitled "Les antibiotiques c'est pas automatique" ("Antibiotics are not automatic") launched in 2002. We report the evaluation of this campaign by analyzing the evolution of outpatient antibiotic use in France 2000-2007, according to therapeutic class and geographic and age-group patterns.
- Publication
PLoS medicine, 2009, Vol 6, Issue 6, pe1000084
- ISSN
1549-1676
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pmed.1000084