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## Background Sales data indicate a major increase in the prescription of antifungal drugs in the last two decades. Many new agents for systemic use that only recently have become available are likely to be prescribed intensively in acute care hospitals. Sales data do not adequately describe the developments of drug use density. Given the concerns about the potential emergence of antifungal drug resistance, data on drug use density, however, may be valuable and are needed for analyses of the relationship between drug use and antifungal resistance. ## Methods Hospital pharmacy records for the years 2001 to 2003 were evaluated, and the number of prescribed daily doses (PDD, defined according to locally used doses) per 100 patient days were calculated to compare systemic antifungal drug use density in different medical and surgical service areas between five state university hospitals. ## Results The 3-year averages in recent antifungal drug use for the five hospitals ranged between 8.6 and 29.3 PDD/100 patient days in the medical services (including subspecialties and intensive care), and between 1.1 and 4.0 PDD/100 patient days in the surgical services, respectively. In all five hos

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Author

Katja de With; Michaela Steib-Bauert; Holger Knoth; Frank Dörje; Egid Strehl; Ulrich Rothe; Ludwig Maier; Winfried V Kern

Publisher

BioMed Central; Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.); London: BioMed Central, 2001-2012.; Springer Science and Business Media LLC (ISSN 1472-6904)

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9781472690456

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)