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. 2022 Nov;43(11):1698-1700.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2021.351. Epub 2021 Aug 2.

Antimicrobial stewardship in patients with confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Sarah E Moore  1 , Ashley M Wilde  1 , Brian C Bohn  1 , Matthew Song  1 , Paul Schulz  1
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Antimicrobial stewardship in patients with confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Sarah E Moore et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 Nov.

Abstract

Hospitalized coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients receiving antibiotics (n = 173) were retrospectively assigned to the early or late discontinuation groups. The length of therapy was shorter in the early discontinuation group (3 vs 7 days; P < .0001). Mortality rates (14.3% vs 20.7%; P = .316) and length of stay (7 vs 9 days; P = .063) were similar.

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