Summary of the latest data on antibiotic consumption in EU: 2014

Antibiotic consumption data presented in this summary were collected by the European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption Network (ESAC-Net) at ECDC, with the exception of the 2009 data, which were collected by the European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption (ESAC) project that was previously coordinated by the University of Antwerp. ESAC-Net collects and analyses data on antibiotic consumption from EU/EAA countries, both in the community and in the hospital sector.