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. 2022 Aug 24;75(1):e1202-e1203.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac277.

Reductions in Antibiotic Prescribing in Australia During the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Pandemic: National Prescribing Data

Jack Skeggs  1   2 , Aleece MacPhail  1   2 , Tony Korman  1   2 , Ian Woolley  1   2 , Jillian S Y Lau  1   2
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Reductions in Antibiotic Prescribing in Australia During the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Pandemic: National Prescribing Data

Jack Skeggs et al. Clin Infect Dis. .
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Potential conflicts of interest. T. K. reports speaker fees paid to institution by Janssen (May 2020 Dermatology COVID-19 update). J. S. Y. L. reports grants or contracts not related to this work from the Melbourne HIV Cure Consortium ($20,000 for HIV cure project) and from Merck Sharp and Dohme ($100,000 for HIV cure project); support for attending International AIDS Society Conference 2020 (international scholarship; no specific payment to author, conference registration was waived) and the Conference for Retrovirus and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) 2020 (new investigator scholarship). All other authors report no potential conflicts. All authors have submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest. Conflicts that the editors consider relevant to the content of the manuscript have been disclosed.

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Comparison of per-capita prescribing of various antibiotics throughout the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemic.
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