| reduction of antibiotics sales and sustained low incidence of bacterial resistance: report on a broad approach during 10 years to implement evidence-based indications for antibiotic prescribing in jönköping county, sweden. | increased prevalence of resistance in major pathogens decreases the possibility to treat common infectious conditions. in the beginning of the 1990s, resistant pneumococci spread among children in southern sweden, which alarmed both the profession and the medical authorities. we describe the measures taken to curb the spread of resistance and to reduce the use of antibiotics in outpatient care. | 2007 | 17235252 |