Antimicrobial resistance in patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Frequent use of antibiotics in patients with COVID-19 threatens to exacerbate antimicrobial resistance. We aimed to establish the prevalence and predictors of bacterial infections and antimicrobial resistance in patients with COVID-19.

Methods

We did a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies of bacterial co-infections (identified within ≤48 h of presentation) and secondary infections (>48 h after presentation) in outpatients or hospitalised patients with COVID-19. We searched the WHO COVID-19 Research Database to identify cohort studies, case series, case-control trials, and randomised controlled trials with populations of at least 50 patients published in any language between Jan 1, 2019, and Dec 1, 2021. Reviews, editorials, letters, pre-prints, and confe

SUBMITTER: Langford BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9889096 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature