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Table 3 Pearson’s correlation coefficient showing ecological associations between average consumption (2008–14) and corresponding resistance (2008–15)

From: Enumerating the economic cost of antimicrobial resistance per antibiotic consumed to inform the evaluation of interventions affecting their use

Organism / resistance

Correlation coefficient (95% CI, p-values)

S. aureus resistant to oxacillin

0.37 (0.08–0.61, p = 0.016)

E. coli resistant to 3rd generation cephalosporin

0.27 (− 0.03–0.53, p = 0.07)

K. pneumoniae resistant to 3rd generation cephalosporin

0.35 (0.06–0.59, p = 0.019)

A. baumanii resistant to carbapenem

0.45 (0.15–0.68, p = 0.005)

P. aeruginosa resistant to carbapenem

0.52 (0.25–0.72, p = 0.0006)