Increasing community prevalence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in urine is associated with increasing district-level antibiotic consumption.
Larissa Hermann de Souza NunesVictoria Stadler Tasca RibeiroRafael Buttini SalviatoAna Paula de AndradePaula Hansen SussFernando José VicenziAdriano Akira Ferreira HinoJoão Paulo TellesFelipe Francisco TuonPublished in: FEMS microbiology letters (2024)
The increasing prevalence of ESBL-producing E. coli can, to a considerable extent, be explained by increasing antibiotic consumption.