Inappropriate antibacterial therapy during COVID-19

A study of 38 Michigan hospitals found that while almost 57% of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 were prescribed antibacterials, only 3.5% had a confirmed community-onset bacterial co-infection.
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* Only 15 patients were recorded for June, nine of whom were prescribed antibacterials

Source: “Empiric Antibacterial Therapy and Community-onset Bacterial Co-infection in Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19: A Multi-Hospital Cohort Study,” Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2020

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