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. 2020 Dec 22;7(12):ofaa575.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa575. eCollection 2020 Dec.

Impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic on Outpatient Antibiotic Prescriptions in the United States

Deanna J Buehrle  1 , M Hong Nguyen  2 , Marilyn M Wagener  2 , Cornelius J Clancy  2
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Impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic on Outpatient Antibiotic Prescriptions in the United States

Deanna J Buehrle et al. Open Forum Infect Dis. .

Abstract

In April 2020, there were significant reductions in prescription fills of each of the 10 most prescribed outpatient antibiotics in the United States. Monthly azithromycin, amoxicillin-clavulanate, and levofloxacin fills did not rebound significantly from April through July 2020. Coronavirus disease 2019 had an immediate and sustained impact on US outpatient antibiotic prescribing.

Keywords: COVID-19; United States; antibiotics; coronavirus disease 2019; outpatient; prescriptions.

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