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. 2022 Jun;84(6):e129-e132.

doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.02.014. Epub 2022 Feb 17.

Antibiotic use among COVID-19 patients in Hong Kong, January 2018 to March 2021

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¹ JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China; Stanley Ho Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China; Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China; Shenzhen Research Institute of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China. Electronic address: kkokwok@cuhk.edu.hk.
² JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China. Electronic address: vivian1628@cuhk.edu.hk.
³ Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
⁵ Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Shatin Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
⁶ Department of Software, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
⁷ JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
⁸ Center for Health Systems and Policy Research, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.

PMID: 35183606
PMCID: PMC8851745
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.02.014

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Antibiotic use among COVID-19 patients in Hong Kong, January 2018 to March 2021

Kin On Kwok et al. J Infect. 2022 Jun.

. 2022 Jun;84(6):e129-e132.

doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.02.014. Epub 2022 Feb 17.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China; Stanley Ho Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China; Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China; Shenzhen Research Institute of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China. Electronic address: kkokwok@cuhk.edu.hk.
² JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China. Electronic address: vivian1628@cuhk.edu.hk.
³ Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
⁵ Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Shatin Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
⁶ Department of Software, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
⁷ JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
⁸ Center for Health Systems and Policy Research, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.

PMID: 35183606
PMCID: PMC8851745
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.02.014

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Keywords: Antibiotic use; Antibiotics; COVID-19; Hong Kong.

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Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Inpatient antibiotic use for the management of COVID-19 stratified by the WHO AWaRe classification.

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