Sales of antibiotics and hydroxychloroquine in India during the COVID-19 epidemic: An interrupted time series analysis.
Giorgia SulisBrice Lionel Batomen KuimiAnita KotwaniMadhukar PaiSumanth GandraPublished in: PLoS medicine (2021)
A significant increase in non-CAF antibiotic sales, and particularly azithromycin, occurred during the peak phase of the first COVID-19 epidemic wave in India, indicating the need for urgent antibiotic stewardship measures.