COVID-19 Vaccination is Associated with Reduced Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing In Older Adults with Confirmed SARS-CoV-2: A Population Wide Cohort Study.

Derek R MacFaddenColleen J MaxwellDawn BowdishSusan BronskillJames BrooksKevin BrownLori L BurrowsAnna ClarkeBradley J LangfordElizabeth LeungValerie LeungDoug ManuelAllison McGeerCaroline NottSharmistha MishraAndrew M MorrisSumit RaybardhanMia SapinKevin L SchwartzMiranda SoJean-Paul R SoucyNick Daneman

Published in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2023)

Antibiotic prescribing was high and with little or no decline following SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis, though was reduced in COVID-19 vaccinated individuals, highlighting the importance of vaccination and antibiotic stewardship in older adults with COVID-19.

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respiratory syndrome coronavirus
coronavirus disease
primary care
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adverse drug
middle aged