Effect of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on antibiotic use in primary care

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine of Seville, University Hospital Virgen del Rocio, Spanish National Research Council, University of Seville, Seville, Spain.
² Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines Service, Sub-Directorate of Pharmacy and Provisions, Directorate General of Healthcare and Outcomes in Health, Andalusian Healthcare Service, Seville, Spain.
³ Clinical Unit of Pharmacy, University Hospital Virgen del Rocio, Institute of Biomedicine of Seville, Seville, Spain.
⁴ Primary Care Pharmacy Service, Clinical Unit of Pharmacy, Health Management Area of Jerez, Costa Noroeste and Sierra de Cadiz, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain.
⁵ Primary Healthcare Centre El Valle, Jaen, Spain.
⁶ Primary Care Pediatrics Coordination, Clinical Management Unit Bulevar, Health District of Jaen, Spain.
⁷ Department of Infectious Diseases, Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine of Seville, University Hospital Virgen del Rocio, Spanish National Research Council, University of Seville, Avda. Manuel Siurot s/n, 41013, Seville, Spain. Electronic address: jmcisnerosh@gmail.com.

Germán Peñalva et al. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2021 Jul.

. 2021 Jul;27(7):1058-1060.

doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2021.01.021. Epub 2021 Feb 2.

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine of Seville, University Hospital Virgen del Rocio, Spanish National Research Council, University of Seville, Seville, Spain.
² Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines Service, Sub-Directorate of Pharmacy and Provisions, Directorate General of Healthcare and Outcomes in Health, Andalusian Healthcare Service, Seville, Spain.
³ Clinical Unit of Pharmacy, University Hospital Virgen del Rocio, Institute of Biomedicine of Seville, Seville, Spain.
⁴ Primary Care Pharmacy Service, Clinical Unit of Pharmacy, Health Management Area of Jerez, Costa Noroeste and Sierra de Cadiz, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain.
⁵ Primary Healthcare Centre El Valle, Jaen, Spain.
⁶ Primary Care Pediatrics Coordination, Clinical Management Unit Bulevar, Health District of Jaen, Spain.
⁷ Department of Infectious Diseases, Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine of Seville, University Hospital Virgen del Rocio, Spanish National Research Council, University of Seville, Avda. Manuel Siurot s/n, 41013, Seville, Spain. Electronic address: jmcisnerosh@gmail.com.

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