National Changes in Outpatient Systemic Antibiotic Use During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic in Australia

Janet K Sluggett^{1

2

3}, Yen H Dinh⁴, Steven L Wesselingh^{2

5}, Maria C Inacio^{1

2}, Gillian E Caughey^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ UniSA Allied Health and Human Performance, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
² Registry of Senior Australians, Healthy Ageing Research Consortium, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
³ Centre for Medicine Use and Safety, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ UniSA Clinical and Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
⁵ South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) Microbiome Research Laboratory, School of Medicine, Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia.

Comment

Janet K Sluggett et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2021.

. 2021 Dec 6;73(11):2150-2152.

doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab241.

Janet K Sluggett^{1

2

3}, Yen H Dinh⁴, Steven L Wesselingh^{2

5}, Maria C Inacio^{1

2}, Gillian E Caughey^{1

2}

¹ UniSA Allied Health and Human Performance, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
² Registry of Senior Australians, Healthy Ageing Research Consortium, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
³ Centre for Medicine Use and Safety, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ UniSA Clinical and Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
⁵ South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) Microbiome Research Laboratory, School of Medicine, Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia.

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