"Antibiotics are not automatic anymore"--the French national campaign to cut antibiotic overuse

Benedikt Huttner; Stephan Harbarth

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000080

"Antibiotics are not automatic anymore"--the French national campaign to cut antibiotic overuse

PLoS Med. 2009 Jun 2;6(6):e1000080. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000080. Epub 2009 Jun 2.

Authors

Benedikt Huttner¹, Stephan Harbarth

Affiliation

¹ Infection Control Program, University of Geneva Hospitals and Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland.

Abstract

Benedikt Huttner and Stephan Harbarth discuss the implications of a new study that examined the impact of a national campaign in France to reduce antibiotic overuse.

Publication types

Comment
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Drug Prescriptions*
Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
France
Health Policy / economics
Humans
Practice Patterns, Physicians'*
Public Health / economics

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents