Presumed Urinary Tract Infection in Patients Admitted with COVID-19: Are We Treating Too Much?

Presumed Urinary Tract Infection in Patients Admitted with COVID-19: Are We Treating Too Much?

Despite the low rates of bacterial co-/superinfections in COVID-19 patients, antimicrobial drug use has been liberal since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the low specificity of markers of bacterial co-/superinfection in the COVID-19 setting, overdiagnosis and antimicrobial overprescripti...

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Main Authors: Johan Van Laethem, Stephanie C. M. Wuyts, Jan Pierreux, Lucie Seyler, Gil Verschelden, Thibault Depondt, Annelies Meuwissen, Patrick Lacor, Denis Piérard, Sabine D. Allard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-12-01
Series:Antibiotics
Subjects:
antimicrobial stewardship
antibiotics
bacterial respiratory tract infection
coinfection
COVID-19
superinfection
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/10/12/1493

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https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/10/12/1493

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