The COVID-19 Pandemic Enhanced the Decade-Long Trend of the Decreasing Utilization of Antibiotics.
Christian TanislavJosef RosenbauerKarel KostevPublished in: Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)
AB prescriptions decreased more in the first year (2020) of the COVID-19 pandemic than infectious diseases did. While the factor of older age influenced this trend negatively, it remained unaffected by the factor of sex and the selected antibacterial substance.