Antimicrobial Consumption

Abstract

Antibiotic use rates have declined dramatically since the
1990s,1 in part because of more rational use of these drugs.
Judicious antibiotic usage is an important tool, both for
proper treatment of patients and avoidance of bacterial
resistance to antibiotics. Thus, national surveillance of antimicrobial
consumption is needed to evaluate the quality
of antibiotic use.2 The surveillance of outpatient antibiotic
use in the Republic of Srpska done this year by Markovi