The impacts of New Zealand's COVID-19 epidemic response on community antibiotic use and hospitalisation for pneumonia, peritonsillar abscess and rheumatic fever

• मुख्य लेखकों: Eamon Duffy (लेखक), Mark Thomas (लेखक), Thomas Hills (लेखक), Stephen Ritchie (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Elsevier, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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Background: The rate of community antibiotic use in New Zealand (NZ) is high and some may be unnecessary. Non-pharmaceutical public health interventions (Alert Levels) were implemented in 2020 to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in NZ and were likely to have affected antibiotic prescribing. Methods: We...