Antibiotic prescriptions and laboratory-confirmed cases of Mycoplasma pneumoniae during the epidemic in Sweden in 2011

A Linde; A Ternhag; A Törner; B E Claesson

doi:10.2807/ese.17.06.20082-en

Rapid communications Open Access

Like 0

Download

Antibiotic prescriptions and laboratory-confirmed cases of Mycoplasma pneumoniae during the epidemic in Sweden in 2011
A Linde¹ , A Ternhag¹ , A Törner¹ , B E Claesson²
View Affiliations Hide Affiliations

Affiliations: ¹ Department of Analysis and Prevention, Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control, Sweden ² Department of Clinical Microbiology, Unilabs AB, Kärnsjukhuset, Skövde, Sweden

Correspondence:
A Linde
Annika.Linde smi.se
View Citation Hide Citation

Citation style for this article: Linde A, Ternhag A, Törner A, Claesson B E. Antibiotic prescriptions and laboratory-confirmed cases of Mycoplasma pneumoniae during the epidemic in Sweden in 2011. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(6):pii=20082. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.17.06.20082-en Received: 06 Feb 2012

Abstract

Swedish laboratories reported an increase of Mycoplasma pneumoniae during the autumn 2011. Data from the laboratory in Skövde, covering 12.9% of the Swedish population, indicate an approximate increase in the number of laboratory-confirmed cases in the whole country, from around 3,500 in 2009 to 11,100 in 2011. Antibiotics are recommended only for pneumonia, not bronchitis, but compared with the autumn 2009, 42,652 more prescriptions of doxycycline and macrolides were registered in the autumn 2011.