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. 2021 Jun 17;12:639207. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2021.639207

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Patterns of consumption of antibacterials according to the AWaRe classification of antimicrobial agents, 2018.

AWaRe: Access, Watch and Reserve classification of antimicrobials (World Health Organization 2019).

EU/EEA: population-weighted mean for countries of ESAC-Net.

WHO/AMC: population-weighted mean for countries of the WHO Europe AMC Network.

^#Agents included in this analysis: antibacterials for systemic use (J01), neomycin (A07AA01), streptomycin 461 (A07AA04), polymyxin B (A07AA05), kanamycin (A07AA08), vancomycin (A07AA09), colistin 462 (A07AA10), rifamixin (A07AA11), rifampicin (J04AB02), rifamycin (J04AB03), rifabutin (J04AB04), 463 metronidazole (P01AB01).

^§Countries for which hospital sector data were not included.