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Antimicrobial stewardship in patients with confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Part of: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 August 2021

Sarah E. Moore Open the ORCID record for Sarah E. Moore [Opens in a new window] ,
Ashley M. Wilde ,
Brian C. Bohn ,
Matthew Song  and
Paul Schulz
Sarah E. Moore*
Affiliation:
Norton Infectious Diseases Institute, Norton Healthcare, Louisville, Kentucky
Ashley M. Wilde
Affiliation:
Norton Infectious Diseases Institute, Norton Healthcare, Louisville, Kentucky
Brian C. Bohn
Affiliation:
Norton Infectious Diseases Institute, Norton Healthcare, Louisville, Kentucky
Matthew Song
Affiliation:
Norton Infectious Diseases Institute, Norton Healthcare, Louisville, Kentucky
Paul Schulz
Affiliation:
Norton Infectious Diseases Institute, Norton Healthcare, Louisville, Kentucky
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Author for correspondence: Sarah E. Moore, E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Hospitalized coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients receiving antibiotics (n = 173) were retrospectively assigned to the early or late discontinuation groups. The length of therapy was shorter in the early discontinuation group (3 vs 7 days; P < .0001). Mortality rates (14.3% vs 20.7%; P = .316) and length of stay (7 vs 9 days; P = .063) were similar.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 43 , Issue 11 , November 2022 , pp. 1698 - 1700
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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