Outpatient antibiotic consumption for urinary infections in Croatia 2005 - 2014: What can be learned from utilization trends

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine quantities of antibiotics used mainly or exclusively for urinary tract infections in Croatia between 2005 and 2014, to describe utilisation trends, and general consequences of antibiotic consumption on antimicrobial resistance.

Keywords

• antibiotics
• utilisation trends
• urinary tract infections
• bacterial resistance
• antibiotiki
• trendi porabe
• okužba sečil
• odpornost bakterij