Data Sheet 1_A comparison of antibiotic resistance reports in pharmacovigilance databases

Global and European data comparing antibiotic resistance cases from pharmacovigilance databases and traditional surveillance systems across human and animal health. The dataset includes 26,086 reports from 91 countries in VigiBase for humans and 1,010 cases from 18 countries in EudraVigilance Veterinary for animals. It was authored by Joseph Mitchell and last updated on 2026-05-15.

Use Cases

• Compare antibiotic class distributions between surveillance systems based on Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) classifications.
• Assess the geographic coverage of pharmacovigilance data for antibiotic resistance across continents.
• Identify gaps in surveillance coverage for animal and environmental health based on the described data limitations.
• Investigate statistical differences in reported antibiotic resistance patterns between pharmacovigilance and conventional sources.

Strengths

• Includes a substantial volume of human pharmacovigilance data (26,086 reports from 91 countries).
• Compares data from two major global surveillance systems (WHO GLASS and EFSA/ECDC).
• Data is structured by ATC class and continent, enabling grouped analysis.
• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Animal health data is restricted to Europe only, while human data is global.
• No suitable data source was identified for environmental health, highlighting a coverage gap.
• The dataset is small (51.9 KB), suggesting it contains summary or processed data rather than raw records.

Provenance

Source

WHO Global Antibiotic Resistance and Use Surveillance System (GLASS), joint EFSA/ECDC report, VigiBase, and EudraVigilance Veterinary.

Collection Method

Cases were identified using previously reviewed search criteria from publicly available surveillance and pharmacovigilance databases.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 05:27:53; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global for human data, Europe-only for animal data.