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JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY
Volume 54, Issue 2, Pages 524-528Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkh342
Keywords
pharmacoepidemiology; anti-infectives; public health
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Objectives: To analyse trends in antibiotic exposure of the French population from 1992 to 2000. Methods: The analysis used data provided by a representative annual nationwide survey of health care consumption in the community. Results: The frequency of antibiotic use increased from 4.7 per 100 person-months in 1992 to 7.3 in 1995, and remained stable from 1998 to 2000. Children under 7 years of age were three times more strongly exposed to antibiotics than older subjects. Respiratory tract infections of probable viral aetiology and sore throat accounted for >50% of antibacterial prescriptions. Conclusions: We identified two major priorities for campaigns designed to reduce antibiotic exposure of the French population in the community, namely respiratory tract infections of presumed viral origin, and children under 7 years of age.
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