New study by WHO Europe and ECDC examines variations in antibiotic consumption in European countries between 2014 and 2018
The study focuses on data from 30 EU/EEA countries of the European Surveillance of Antibiotic Consumption Network (ESAC-Net) and 15 countries of the WHO Europe Antimicrobial Medicines Consumption (AMC) Network, and aimed at examining the total consumption and patterns of consumption of antibiotics, i.e.
- The study focuses on data from 30 EU/EEA countries of the European Surveillance of Antibiotic Consumption Network (ESAC-Net) and 15 countries of the WHO Europe Antimicrobial Medicines Consumption (AMC) Network, and aimed at examining the total consumption and patterns of consumption of antibiotics, i.e.
- However, there were considerable differences in the consumption of various antibiotic groups, with a larger consumption of penicillins and tetracyclines and a lower consumption of cephalosporins and quinolones in ESAC-Net countries than in WHO Europe AMC Network countries.
- For the 15 WHO Europe AMC Network countries, parenteral formulations comprised between 2.8% and 40.1% of total consumption.
- Furthermore, Access antibiotics represented more than 60% of total consumption in 17 of 29 ESAC-Net countries, and three of 15 WHO Europe AMC Network countries.