Prescribing of common outpatient antibiotics for respiratory infections in adults amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil

• Main Authors: Dipesh Solanky (Author), Olivia McGovern (Author), Fernanda Lessa (Author), Lauri Hicks (Author), Sharon Tsay (Author), Payal Patel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Inappropriate antibiotic use for SARS-CoV-2 infection has the potential to increase the burden of antibiotic resistance. Brazil experienced spread of a new SARS-CoV-2 variant in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2020, resulting in the highest case counts in Latin America, raising concerns of an...