Use of Antimicrobials among Suspected COVID-19 Patients at Selected Hospitals, Bangladesh: Findings from the First Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic

• Main Authors: Syeda Mah- (Author), Md. Zakiul Hassan (Author), Md. Abdullah Al Jubayer Biswas (Author), Fahmida Rahman (Author), Zubair Akhtar (Author), Pritimoy Das (Author), Md. Ariful Islam (Author), Fahmida Chowdhury (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Antimicrobials are empirically used in COVID-19 patients resulting in increased antimicrobial resistance. Our objective was to assess antimicrobial use among suspected COVID-19 in-patients. From March to August 2020, we collected data from in-patients of 12 tertiary-level hospitals across Bangladesh...