Antimicrobial consumption in patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

S Khan, SS Hasan, SE Bond, BR Conway… - Expert review of anti …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Since the onset of the pandemic, prescribing antimicrobials has become a
common practice to treat patients infected with COVID-19. Areas covered A systematic …

Prevalence of bacterial coinfection and patterns of antibiotics prescribing in patients with COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis

FS Alshaikh, B Godman, ON Sindi, RA Seaton, A Kurdi - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Evidence around prevalence of bacterial coinfection and pattern of antibiotic
use in COVID-19 is controversial although high prevalence rates of bacterial coinfection …

Indiscriminate use of antibiotics for COVID-19 treatment in South Asian countries is a threat for future pandemics due to antibiotic resistance

S Daria, MR Islam - Clinical Pathology, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has put enormous strain on the global public health and
healthcare systems. Here we aimed to assess the prevalence and impact of indiscriminate …

Trends in Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) Bacteremia during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review

QX Ng, NY Ong, DYX Lee, CE Yau, YL Lim, ALH Kwa… - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) is among the most common pathogens
associated with healthcare-acquired infections, and is often antibiotic resistant, causing …

Increased use of antibiotics in the intensive care unit during coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in a Brazilian hospital

ARO Silva, DR Salgado, LPN Lopes… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Microbial drug resistance is one of the biggest public health problems.
Antibiotic consumption is an essential factor for the emergence and spread of multiresistant …

Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) during the COVID-19 pandemic

P Spigaglia - Anaerobe, 2022 - Elsevier
The ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has dramatically tested healthcare
systems around the world, with serious repercussions on the measures of prevention and …

Co-infections, secondary infections, and antimicrobial use in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 during the first five waves of the pandemic in Pakistan; findings and …

K Ramzan, S Shafiq, I Raees, ZU Mustafa, M Salman… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: COVID-19 patients are typically prescribed antibiotics empirically despite
concerns. There is a need to evaluate antibiotic use among hospitalized COVID-19 patients …

Antibiotic consumption in hospitals during COVID-19 pandemic: a comparative study

RRS Hussein, MB Shaman, AH Shaaban… - The Journal of Infection …, 2022 - jidc.org
Abstract Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) results in similar clinical
characteristics as bacterial respiratory tract infections and can potentially lead to antibiotic …

An assessment of the impact of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on national antimicrobial consumption in Jordan

S Al-Azzam, NM Mhaidat, HA Banat, M Alfaour… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has overlapping clinical characteristics with bacterial
respiratory tract infection, leading to the prescription of potentially unnecessary antibiotics …

Management of children admitted to hospitals across Bangladesh with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 and the implications for the future: a nationwide cross …

K Chowdhury, M Haque, N Nusrat, N Adnan, S Islam… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
There is an increasing focus on researching children admitted to hospital with new variants
of COVID-19, combined with concerns with hyperinflammatory syndromes and the overuse …