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JAC Advance Access originally published online on September 16, 2004
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2004 54(5):966-967; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh433
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JAC vol.54 no.5 © The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2004; all rights reserved

Correspondence

Surveillance of the overall use of antimicrobial drugs in humans over a 5 year period (1997–2001) in Kenya

E. S. Mitema1,* and G. M. Kikuvi2

1 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Nairobi, PO Box 29053, Nairobi; 2 Department of Veterinary Services, Central Veterinary Investigation Laboratories, Kabete, Private Bag, 00625 Kangemi, Nairobi, Kenya

Keywords: antimicrobial resistance , Africa , usage

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Sir,

Pharmacological surveillance, in the form of analysis of antibiotic consumption data, is essential for the study and control of the evolution of bacterial resistance.1 Both quantitative and qualitative records of antibacterial drug use are crucial to enable the impact of antibiotic policy to be evaluated and to allow determination of possible correlations between the use of certain groups of antibacterial drugs and the emergence of resistance.2 In this study, we estimated the annual overall consumption of antimicrobial drugs . . . [Full Text of this Article]

* Corresponding author. Tel: +254-20-630034; Fax: +254-20-631325/631007; Email: esmitema@uonbi.ac.ke


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