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Observational studyScientific reports2021

Changes of antibiotic prescribing pattern and its resistance to E. Coli in South Korea: a 12-year retrospective observational study.

Geun Woo Lee, Sukhyun Ryu, Juhee Park, Eun Jee Lee, Kwang Jun Lee, Jungyeon Tae, Youngsik Hwang, Dong-Sook Kim

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Observational study in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Geun Woo Lee *Pharmaceutical and Medical Technology Research Team, Department of Research, Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, Wonju, South Korea.
Sukhyun Ryu *Department of Preventive Medicine, Konyang University College of Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea.
Juhee ParkPharmaceutical and Medical Technology Research Team, Department of Research, Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, Wonju, South Korea.
Eun Jee LeePharmaceutical and Medical Technology Research Team, Department of Research, Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, Wonju, South Korea.
Kwang Jun LeeNational Institute of Health, Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Osong, South Korea.
Jungyeon TaeDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Konyang University College of Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea.
Youngsik HwangDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Konyang University College of Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea.
Dong-Sook KimPharmaceutical and Medical Technology Research Team, Department of Research, Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, Wonju, South Korea. sttone@hira.or.kr.
Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service · KRKonyang University · KRKorea Center for Disease Control and Prevention · KR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the present study, we investigated the pattern of changes in antibiotic prescription and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Escherichia coli in South Korea between 2007 and 2018. We collected data related to antibiotic prescription and AMR in E. coli from the national surveillance system. We used the Mann-Kendall test and Spearman's correlation to identify the trends of antibiotic prescription and AMR in E. coli and to examine the relationship between them, respectively. Although we noted a significant decreasing trend of ampicillin and gentamicin prescriptions in all medical institutions, we identified a higher level of AMR in long-term care facilities than in other medical institutions. We did not identify a significant positive correlation between ampicillin and gentamicin prescriptions and their resistance in E. coli. However, we found a significant positive correlation between cefotaxime prescription and its resistance in E. coli in hospitals, long-term care facilities, and clinics. Our results strongly suggest that long-term care facilities in South Korea have the potential to sustain AMR epidemics and that more efforts are needed to curb AMR in E. coli. Further epidemiological studies using enhanced AMR surveillance are warranted.

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Drug PrescriptionsPractice Patterns, Physicians'Anti-Bacterial AgentsDrug Resistance, BacterialEscherichia coliHumansRepublic of KoreaRetrospective StudiesAnti-Bacterial Agents

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PMID33707496
PMCPMC7970963
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