Prescribing of common outpatient antibiotics for respiratory infections in adults amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
Background: Inappropriate antibiotic use for SARS-CoV-2 infection has the potential to increase the burden of antibiotic resistance. Brazil experienced spread of a new SARS-CoV-2 variant in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2020, resulting in the highest case counts in Latin America, raising concerns of an...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2022-07-01
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Series: | Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology |
Online Access: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2732494X22001498/type/journal_article |