COMMUNICATING TRENDS IN RESISTANCE
9 December 2011
The Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP) has developed a method for aggregating bacterial resistance to multiple antibiotics, creating an index comparable to the composite economic indices that measure consumer prices and stock market values. This is described in an article by Ramanan Laxminarayan and Keith P Klugman that was recently published on BMJ online.
The resulting drug resistance index (DRI) and various subindices show antibiotic resistance and consumption trends in the USA but can be applied at any geographical level.
Download the article from BMJ online (pdf 740 KB)
Read more about the drug resistance index on the CDDEP website
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