Volume 10, Number 8—August 2004
Research
Antimicrobial Drug Use and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Aberdeen, 1996–2000
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Figure 3. Evolution of the monthly % methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and monthly sum of lagged antimicrobial use as identified in polynomial distributed lag (PDL) model: macrolides (lags of 1 to 3 months), third-generation cephalosporins (lags of 4 to 7 months), and fluoroquinolones (lags of 4 and 5 months), Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, January 1996–December 2000.