Research

» Cals JWL et al. Point-of-Care C-Reactive Protein Testing and Antibiotic Prescribing for Respiratory Tract Infections: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Ann Fam Med 2010;8(2):124–33.  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20212299

» Coenen S et al. European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption: Outpatient parenteral antibiotic treatment in Europe.
www.esac.ua.ac.be, Dissemination/Presentations.

» Earnshaw S et al. European Antibiotic Awareness Day, 2008 – The First Europe-wide Public Information Campaign on Prudent Antibiotic Use: Methods and Survey of Activities in Participating Countries. Euro Surveill 2009;14(39):pii=19280. http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19280.

» ECDC Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare-Associated Infections Programme. Antibiotic Resistance in Europe: The Challenges Ahead. Euro Surveill. 2009;14(45):pii=19405.
http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19405.  

» Goossens H et al. Outpatient antibiotic use in Europe and association with resistance: a cross-national database study. Lancet 2005;365(9459):579–87.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15708101.

» Infectious Diseases Society of America. Bad Bugs, No Drugs.As Antibiotic Discovery Stagnates…
A Public Health Crisis Brews. 
http://www.idsociety.org/badbugsnodrugs.html.

» Melbye H, Stocks N. Point of care testing for C-reactive protein. A new path for Australian GPs? Australian Family Physician 2006;35(7):513–6. 
http://www.racgp.org.au/afp/200607/20060705melbye.pdf.

Reference material

» Pepys MB. The acute phase response and C-reactive protein. In: WArrell DA, Cox TM, Firth JD, Benz EJ, eds. Oxford Textbook of Medicine, 4th ed. Oxford University Press, 2003 Vol 2, p:150–6.

Orion and CRP testing

» Orion Diagnostica, manufacturer of diagnostic tests:
http://www.oriondiagnostica.com

» C-reactive protein and the QuikRead® CRP test:
http://www.oriondiagnostica.com/product-groups?group=1.01

» High Technology in Finland 2008: Quicker is better in diagnostics http://www.hightechfinland.fi/direct.aspx?area=htf&prm1=645&prm2=article 

Statistics on the internet

» Statistics on antibiotic resistance are found on FiRe’s (Finnish study group for antimicrobial resistance) website at:
www.finres.fi 
 
» European statistics are found on EARSS’s (The European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System) website at:
http://www.rivm.nl/earss/
-> results -  reports & articles - annual reports

» Monitoring of the situation in Europe is carried out by ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control) at: http://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/Pages/home.aspx
 
» Statistics on the use antibiotics are found on the website of EASC (The European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption), who are mapping out the use of antibiotics at:
http://app.esac.ua.ac.be/public/