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
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