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Hospital use of antibiotics as the main driver of infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria – a reanalysis of recent data from the European Union

View ORCID ProfileMatthias M. Fischer, Matthias Bild
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/553537
Matthias M. Fischer
1Freie Universität Berlin; Fachbereich Biologie, Chemie, Pharmazie; Institut für Biologie, Mikrobiologie; 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Matthias Bild
1Freie Universität Berlin; Fachbereich Biologie, Chemie, Pharmazie; Institut für Biologie, Mikrobiologie; 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Abstract

Antimicrobial resistance in bacteria causes significant morbidity worldwide. The development and acquisition of resistance to antibiotics is believed to primarily develop under the selective pressure of widespread antibiotic use in humans, however antimicrobial usage in livestock has been proposed as additional, if not principal, driver of antibiotic resistance. In this work, we correlate recent data from the European Union on antibiotic resistance rates with data on antibiotic usage in the primary care and hospital sector and data on veterinary antimicrobial consumption across the individual member states. We quantify the strength of these different potential drivers of antimicrobial resistance in order to compare their biological importance. We found that the correlation between antibiotic use in the hospital sector and antibiotic resistance rates is significantly higher than the correlation between resistance rates and any of the other two predictors. This suggests increased antibiotic use in hospitals as the main driver of the development of antibiotic resistances and necessitates further research on and a re-evaluation of the risks associated with antibiotic use in human and veterinary medicine.

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Matthias M. Fischer, Matthias Bild
bioRxiv 553537; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/553537
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Hospital use of antibiotics as the main driver of infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria – a reanalysis of recent data from the European Union
Matthias M. Fischer, Matthias Bild
bioRxiv 553537; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/553537

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