Comparative antimicrobial use in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and non-COVID-19 inpatients from 2019 to 2020: A multicenter ecological study.

Carlos A Q SantosMarion TsengAshley I MartinezShivanjali ShankaranHayley A HodgsonFaraz S AhmadHuiyuan ZhangDawn M SievertWilliam E Trick

Published in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2023)

AU for broad-spectrum antimicrobials was greater in COVID-19 patients compared to non-COVID-19 patients at the onset of the pandemic. AU for all antibacterial agents in non-COVID-19 patients decreased in the COVID-19 period compared to the pre-COVID-19 period.

Keyphrases

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