Prevalence of Empiric Antibacterial Therapy, Community-Acquired Bacterial Superinfection, and Antibiotic-Associated Adverse Reactions among Patients with COVID-19 Pneumonia Admitted in Makati Medical Center from March 2020 to March 2021.

Community-acquired bacterial infections in COVID-19 patients admitted during the study period were low while empiric antibiotic prescription was high especially during the first few months of the pandemic, especially during the surge. Antibiotic-related adverse effects were high. There was a noted decreasing trend of antibiotic prescription during the latter part of the pandemic when new developments in COVID-19 treatment were discovered. All in all, routine antibacterial prescription in patients with COVID-19 is not recommended given the real-world data in this study.