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Aiello AE, Marshall B, Levy SB, Della-Latta P, Lin SX, Larson E. Antibacterial cleaning products and drug resistance. Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Oct; 11(10) 1565-1570.

Avorn J, Solomon DH. Cultural and economic factors that (mis)shape antibiotic use: the nonpharmacologic basis of therapeutics. Ann Intern Med. 2000 Jul 18;133(2):128-35.

Bergman M, Huikko S, Pihlajamaki, Laippala P, Palva E, Huovinen P, Seppala H and the Finnish Study Group for Antimicrobial Resistance (FiRe Network). Effect of Macrolide Consumption on Erythromycin Reistance in Streptococcus pyrogenes in Finland in 1997-2001. Clin Infect Dis. 2004 May1; 38:1251-1256.

Bruinsma N, Hutchinson JM, van den Bogaard AE, Giamarellou H, Degener J, Stobberingh EE. Influence of population density on antibiotic resistance. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2003 Feb;51(2):385-90.

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Dancer SJ. How antibiotics can make us sick: the less obvious adverse effects of antimicrobial chemotherapy. Lancet Infect Dis. 2004 Oct;4(10):611-9.

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Johnson CN, Briles DE, Benjamin WH Jr, Hollingshead SK, Waites KB. Relative fitness of fluoroquinolone-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae. Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Jun;11(6):814-20.

Larson E, Grullon-Figueroa L. Availability of Antibiotics without Prescription in New York City. J Urban Health. 2004 Sep;81(3):498-504.

Lipsitch M. Measuring and interpreting associations between antibiotic use and penicillin resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Clin Infect Dis. 2001 Apr 1;32(7):1044-54. Epub 2001 Mar 23. Review.

Livermore DM. Minimising antibiotic resistance. Lancet Infect Dis. 2005 Jul;5(7):450-9

McGowan JE Jr. Economic impact of antimicrobial resistance. Emerg Infect Dis. 2001 Mar-Apr;7(2):286-92. Review. Erratum in: Emerg Infect Dis 2001 Jul-Aug;7(4):765.

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Pichichero ME. Dynamics of antibiotic prescribing for children. JAMA. 2002 Jun 19;287(23):3133-5.

Singer RS, Finch R, Wegener HC, Bywater R, Walters J, Lipsitch M. Antibiotic resistance--the interplay between antibiotic use in animals and human beings. Lancet Infect Dis. 2003 Jan;3(1):47-51.

Velicer CM, Heckbert SR, Lampe JW, Potter JD, Robertson CA, Taplin SH. Antibiotic use in relation to the risk of breast cancer. JAMA. 2004 Feb 18;291(7):827-35.

Weller TM, Jamieson CE. The expanding role of the antibiotic pharmacist. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2004 Aug;54(2):295-8. Epub 2004 Jun 16.

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