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Risk factors and outcomes associated with community-onset and hospital-acquired coinfection in patients hospitalized for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): A multihospital cohort study.

Lindsay A PettyScott A FlandersValerie M VaughnDavid RatzMegan O'MalleyAnurag N MalaniLaraine WasherTae KimKeith E KocherScott KaatzTawny CzilokElizabeth McLaughlinHallie C PrescottVineet ChopraTejal Gandhi
Published in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2021)
Despite community-onset and hospital-acquired coinfection being uncommon, most patients hospitalized with COVID-19 received antibiotics. Admission from LTCF and to ICU were associated with increased risk of community-onset coinfection. Future studies should prospectively validate predictors of COVID-19 coinfection to facilitate the reduction of antibiotic use.
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