TABLE 5.
Community antimicrobial consumption in Spain
| WHO ATC code | Antibiotic | Consumption (DDD/1,000 inhabitants/day) in:
|
Variation (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 2006 | |||
| J01C | β-Lactam antibacterials, penicillins | |||
| J01CA04 | Amoxicillin | 6.5 | 4.1 | -36.9 |
| J01CR02 | Amoxicillin plus β-lactamase inhibitor | 4.4 | 7.2 | +63.6 |
| J01D | Cephalosporins | |||
| J01DC04 | Cefaclor | 0.4 | 0.1 | -75.0 |
| J01DC02 | Cefuroxime | 1.2 | 1.0 | -16.7 |
| J01DD08 | Cefixime | 0.5 | 0.3 | -40.0 |
| J01EE01 | Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole | 0.7 | 0.3 | -54.1 |
| J01FA | Macrolides | |||
| J01FA09 | Clarithromycin | 1.2 | 0.9 | -25.0 |
| J01FA10 | Azithromycin | 0.5 | 0.8 | +60.0 |