Low rates of antibiotic use among ambulatory patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

• Main Authors: Alison G.C. Smith (Author), Eli Wilber (Author), Paulina A. Rebolledo (Author), Joseph Sharp (Author), Sheetal Kandiah (Author), Daniel S. Graciaa (Author), Russell R. Kempker (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We assessed the prevalence of antibiotic prescriptions among ambulatory patients tested for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in a large public US healthcare system and found a low overall rate of antibiotic prescriptions (6.7%). Only 3.8% of positive severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (...