| antibiotic consumption, bacterial resistance and their correlation in a swiss university hospital and its adult intensive care units. | ecological surveys of high-antibiotic use areas in the hospital should be used to evaluate patterns and trends in order to optimise antibiotic consumption and minimise resistance. we conducted a retrospective cohort study with the aim to examine trends in antimicrobial consumption and bacterial susceptibility at the geneva university hospital and its adult icus between 1996 and 2000. the average annual consumption of antimicrobials was 400 d-defined doses (ddd)/1000 patient-d in the entire hospi ... | 2003 | 14723360 |