The Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance in Europe, 1998-2019

These data present antibiotic resistance and antibiotic consumption trends in Europe over two decades. The data on the antimicrobial resistance rates are released by the European Surveillance System - TESSy, provided by Finland, Sweden, Belgium, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, United Kingdom, Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Malta, Slovenia, France, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Romania, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania and released by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). The AMR data cover the years 1998-2019.

Fields in summary_AMC_byclass.csv:

class: ATC code of antibiotic class

Country: country

Year: year

Sector: Community or Hospital

Antimicrobial.Type: mode of consumption

DDD: defined daily dose per 1000 inhabitant

combC: combination of factors for data manipulation purpose

Antibiotic_class: same as class

Fields in summary_AMR_filtered.csv:

Year: year

Country: country

Pathogen: bacterial species

Antibiotic: antibiotic resistance tested

patientType: INPAT for inpatient

N_S: number of sensitive strains

test: combination of factors for data manipulation purpose

N_tested: number of strains tested

N: total number of strains

p: fraction resistant or intermediate

ci_span: width of the binomial 95% confidence interval

p_min: 2.5% confidence interval

p_max: 97.5% confidence interval

Antibiotic_long: long name of the antibiotic

Antibiotic_class: antibiotic class

Pathogen_long: long name of the bacterial species

combR: combination of factors for data manipulation purpose

N_I_R: number of intermediate and resistant strains