May 12, 2021

Inappropriate Antibiotic Use in the COVID-19 Era: Factors Associated with Inappropriate Prescribing and Secondary Complications

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Testing and Treatment

Keywords (Tags): treatment

• 34% of COVID-19 patients in a multicenter cohort in Spain (n=13,932) were inappropriately prescribed antibiotics, defined as the patient not fulfilling any accepted criteria for use of antibiotics such as shock, sepsis, or coinfections. Patients admitted to the hospital early in the pandemic (February to March 2020) and presenting with dry cough, fever, and flu-like symptoms were more likely to be inappropriately prescribed antibiotics.

Calderón-Parra et al. (May 11, 2021). Inappropriate Antibiotic Use in the COVID-19 Era: Factors Associated with Inappropriate Prescribing and Secondary Complications. Analysis of the Registry SEMI-COVID. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251340