Antibiotic prescribing patterns in patients hospitalized with COVID-19: lessons from the first wave.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A high proportion of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 receive antibiotics despite evidence to show low levels of true bacterial coinfection.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study examining antibiotic prescribing patterns of 300 patients sequentially diagnosed with COVID-19. Patients were grouped into 3 sub-cohorts: Group 1 received no antibiotics, Group 2 received antibiotics for microbiologically confirmed infections and Group 3 was empirically treated with antibiotics for pneumonia. The primary aim was to identify factors that influenced prescription and continuation of antibiotics in Group 3. Secondary aims were to examine differences in outcomes between groups.

Results

In total, 292 patients were included (63 Group 1, 35 Group 2, 194 Group 3), median

SUBMITTER: O'Kelly B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8242139 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature