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. 2018 Mar 26;115(15):E3463–E3470. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1717295115

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Fig. 3. — Antibiotic consumption rate for HICs, LMICs-UM, and LMICs-LM of the four most-consumed therapeutic classes of antibiotics in DDDs per 1,000 inhabitants per day. (A) Broad-spectrum penicillins, which correspond to the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) classification of penicillins with extended spectrum (J01CA) excluding carbenicillins. (B) Cephalosporins, which correspond to the ATC classification codes J01DB, J01DC, J01DD, and J01DE for the four generations of cephalosporins. (C) Macrolides, which correspond to the ATC classification for macrolides, lincosamides, and streptogramins (J01F). (D) Quinolones, which correspond to the ATC classification for quinolone antibacterials (J01M). Data source: IQVIA MIDAS, 2000–2015, IQVIA Inc. All rights reserved (https://www.iqvia.com/solutions/commercialization/geographies/midas).