Presumed Urinary Tract Infection in Patients Admitted with COVID-19: Are We Treating Too Much?

• Main Authors: Johan Van Laethem (Author), Stephanie C. M. Wuyts (Author), Jan Pierreux (Author), Lucie Seyler (Author), Gil Verschelden (Author), Thibault Depondt (Author), Annelies Meuwissen (Author), Patrick Lacor (Author), Denis Piérard (Author), Sabine D. Allard (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Despite the low rates of bacterial co-/superinfections in COVID-19 patients, antimicrobial drug use has been liberal since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the low specificity of markers of bacterial co-/superinfection in the COVID-19 setting, overdiagnosis and antimicrobial overprescripti...