Antimicrobial prescription in severe COVID-19 and CAP: a matched case-control study.

J Fierens Liesbet De Bus K Colpaert Jerina Boelens Bram Gadeyne Decruyenaere Johan Eva Van Braeckel Pieter Depuydt

Published in: Acta clinica Belgica (2021)

We found a low rate of microbiologically confirmed bacterial co-infection and a high rate of ICU-acquired infections in COVID-19 patients. Infection probabilities, antimicrobial prescriptions and DOT were comparable with a matched CAP cohort.

Keyphrases

sars cov
staphylococcus aureus
coronavirus disease
intensive care unit
early onset
mechanical ventilation
drug induced
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
acute respiratory distress syndrome