Abstract
In 829 hospital encounters for patients with COVID-19, 73.2% included orders for antibiotics; however, only 1.8% had respiratory cultures during the first 3 hospital days isolating bacteria. Case-control analysis of 30 patients and 96 controls found that each antibiotic day increased the risk of isolating multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria (MDR-GNB) in respiratory cultures by 6.5%.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | e13 |
Journal | Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology |
Volume | 1 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 23 2021 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Infectious Diseases
- Epidemiology
- Microbiology (medical)