Trends in US Outpatient Antibiotic Prescriptions During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic.
Laura M KingMaribeth C LovegroveNadine ShehabSharon TsayDaniel S BudnitzAndrew I GellerJennifer N LindRebecca M RobertsLauri A HicksSarah KabbaniPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2021)
From January 2020 to May 2020, the number of outpatients with antibiotic prescriptions decreased substantially more than would be expected because of seasonal trends alone, possibly related to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and associated mitigation measures.