Short summary of Swedres 2005, a report on Swedish antibiotic utilisation and resistance

O Cars; B Olsson-Liljequist; K Lundh

doi:10.2807/esm.12.03.00693-en

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Short summary of Swedres 2005, a report on Swedish antibiotic utilisation and resistance
O Cars¹ , B Olsson-Liljequist² , K Lundh¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Strategigruppen för Rationell Antibiotikaanvändning och Minskad Antibiotikaresistens – STRAMA (Swedish Strategic Programme for the Rational Use of Antimicrobial Agents and Surveillance of Resistance), Stockholm, Sweden ² Smittskyddsinstitutet (Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control), Stockholm, Sweden

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Citation style for this article: Cars O, Olsson-Liljequist B, Lundh K. Short summary of Swedres 2005, a report on Swedish antibiotic utilisation and resistance. Euro Surveill. 2007;12(3):pii=693. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.12.03.00693-en

Abstract

""Swedres 2005"", the fifth report on Swedish antibiotic utilisation and resistance in human medicine, was presented in May 2006. Compared with the rest of Europe, antibiotic consumption and resistance levels in Sweden are relatively low. However, global travel and trade facilitate the spread of bacteria between countries and continents. As a consequence, also in Sweden, increasing resistance trends are seen for some pathogens, notably ESBL-producing enterobacteriaceae.