Relationship Between Rates of Antimicrobial Consumption and the Incidence of Antimicrobial Resistance in<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>and<i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i>Isolates From 47 French Hospitals

Abstract

A statistically significant relationship existed between the rate of fluoroquinolone use and the rate of antimicrobial resistance among S. aureus and P. aeruginosa isolates. The incidence of resistant isolates showed a stronger association with the rate of antimicrobial use than did the percentage of isolates with resistance.