Prescribing of Outpatient Antibiotics Commonly Used for Respiratory Infections Among Adults Before and During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic in Brazil.

Dipesh SolankyOlivia L McGovernJonathan R EdwardsGarrett MahonTwisha S PatelFernanda C LessaLauri A HicksPayal K Patel

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

Substantial increases in outpatient prescribing rates for azithromycin and ceftriaxone were observed in Brazil during the pandemic with prescribing rates being disproportionally different by age and sex. General practitioners and gynecologists were the most common prescribers of azithromycin and ceftriaxone during the pandemic, identifying them as potential specialties for antimicrobial stewardship interventions.

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