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. 2020 Aug;81(2):e148-e149.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.06.004. Epub 2020 Jun 5.

Early administered antibiotics do not impact mortality in critically ill patients with COVID-19

Niccolò Buetti  1 , Timothy Mazzuchelli  2 , Elia Lo Priore  3 , Carlo Balmelli  3 , Michael Llamas  2 , Micol Pallanza  2 , Luigia Elzi  2 , Vera Consonni  2 , Pierpaolo Trimboli  4 , Valentina Forni-Ogna  2 , Enos Bernasconi  5
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Early administered antibiotics do not impact mortality in critically ill patients with COVID-19

Niccolò Buetti et al. J Infect. 2020 Aug.
No abstract available

Keywords: Antibiotics; COVID-19; Intensive care unit; SARS-CoV-2.

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