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. 2021 Jun 3;8(6):ofab236.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab236. eCollection 2021 Jun.

Trends in Antibiotic Use in United States Hospitals During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

Ashley N Rose  1 , James Baggs  1 , Hannah Wolford  1 , Melinda M Neuhauser  1 , Arjun Srinivasan  1 , Adi V Gundlapalli  2 , Sujan Reddy  1 , Lyudmyla Kompaniyets  2 , Audrey F Pennington  2 , Cheri Grigg  1 , Sarah Kabbani  1
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Trends in Antibiotic Use in United States Hospitals During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

Ashley N Rose et al. Open Forum Infect Dis. .

Abstract

We described antibiotic use among inpatients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Most COVID-19 inpatients received antibiotic therapy. We also described hospital-wide antibiotic use during 2020 compared with 2019, stratified by hospital COVID-19 burden. Although total antibiotic use decreased between years, certain antibiotic use increased with higher COVID-19 burden.

Keywords: COVID-19; antibiotic use; antimicrobial stewardship; epidemiology.

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