Title: Monitoring the community use of antibiotics in Italy
within the National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance
Authors: A. Cangini*, F. Fortinguerra*, A. Di Filippo*, A.
Pierantozzi*, R. Da Cas°, F. Villa§, F. Trotta*, M.L. Moro^, C.
Gagliotti^
* Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco (AIFA), Via del Tritone, 181-00187, Rome,
Italy
§ Università del Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogadro”, Department of
Pharmaceutical Sciences, Largo Guido Donegani 2, 28100, Novara, Italy
Moro 21, 40127 Bologna, Italy
° Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena, 299 – 00161 Rome,
Italy
Corresponding author contact information: Agnese Cangini, Via
del Tritone, 181-00187, Rome, Italy,
a.cangini@aifa.gov.it
Principal Investigator statement: This manuscript is not a
report on primary research performed with human subjects/patients; thus,
there is no Principal Investigator for this paper.
Running Head: Community use of antibiotics in Italy
Keywords: Antibiotics; antimicrobial resistance; antimicrobial
stewardship; prescriptions; drug utilization
Word count, table count, figure count : 2613 words, 5 tables and
4 figures