Antibiotic prescribing guideline recommendations in COVID-19: a systematic survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) are two intersecting public health crises. Antimicrobial overuse in patients with COVID-19 threatens to worsen AMR. Guidelines are fundamental in encouraging antimicrobial stewardship. We sought to assess the quality of antibiotic prescribing guidelines and recommendations in the context of COVID-19, and whether they incorporate principles of antimicrobial stewardship.

Methods

We performed a systematic survey which included a search using the concepts "antibiotic/antimicrobial" up to November 15, 2022 of the eCOVID-19 living map of recommendations (RecMap) which aggregates guidelines across a range of international sources and all languages. Guidelines providing explicit recommendations regarding antibacterial use in COV

SUBMITTER: Langford BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10568086 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature