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. 2021 Dec 15;204(12):1489-1491.
doi: 10.1164/rccm.202108-1846LE.

Reply to Kasugai et al.: The Mystery of Futility of Appropriate Antibiotics for Coinfection in COVID-19

Anahita Rouzé  1   2 , Julien Labreuche  1   2 , Saad Nseir  1   2
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Reply to Kasugai et al.: The Mystery of Futility of Appropriate Antibiotics for Coinfection in COVID-19

Anahita Rouzé et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. .
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Figure 1.
Kaplan-Meier 28-day survival curves for patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) with early bacterial identification, according to appropriateness of initial antibiotic treatment.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Kaplan-Meier 28-day survival for patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) without early bacterial identification, according to the presence or not of initial antibiotic treatment (within the first 24 h of ICU admission).
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