Low rates of antibiotic use among ambulatory patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
We assessed the prevalence of antibiotic prescriptions among ambulatory patients tested for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in a large public US healthcare system and found a low overall rate of antibiotic prescriptions (6.7%). Only 3.8% of positive severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (...
Main Authors: | Alison G.C. Smith, Eli Wilber, Paulina A. Rebolledo, Joseph Sharp, Sheetal Kandiah, Daniel S. Graciaa, Russell R. Kempker |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2022-01-01
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Series: | Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology |
Online Access: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2732494X22000171/type/journal_article |
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