Decreased Antibiotic Consumption Coincided with Reduction in Bacteremia Caused by Bacterial Species with Respiratory Transmission Potential during the COVID-19 Pandemic

• Main Authors: Vincent Chi-Chung Cheng (Author), Shuk-Ching Wong (Author), Simon Yung-Chun So (Author), Jonathan Hon-Kwan Chen (Author), Pui-Hing Chau (Author), Albert Ka-Wing Au (Author), Kelvin Hei-Yeung Chiu (Author), Xin Li (Author), Patrick Ip (Author), Vivien Wai-Man Chuang (Author), David Christopher Lung (Author), Cindy Wing-Sze Tse (Author), Rodney Allan Lee (Author), Kitty Sau-Chun Fung (Author), Wing-Kin To (Author), Raymond Wai-Man Lai (Author), Tak-Lun Que (Author), Janice Yee-Chi Lo (Author), Kwok-Yung Yuen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Nonpharmaceutical interventions implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2021) have provided a unique opportunity to understand their impact on the wholesale supply of antibiotics and incidences of infections represented by bacteremia due to common bacterial species in Hong Kong. The wholesale...