Background: Reported changes in antibiotic prescribing during the COVID-19 pandemic
have focused on hospital prescribing or community population trends. Community antibiotic …

Objectives This study aims to examine community antibiotic prescribing across a complete
geographical area for people with a positive COVID-19 test across three pandemic waves …

Background The study aims to compare antibiotic prescribing trends for US COVID-19
patients, categorized by disease severity, and non-COVID-19 population with similar …

Background Literature suggests that antibiotic prescribing in COVID-19 patients is high,
despite low rates of confirmed bacterial infection. There are little data on what drives …

Objectives This study investigated the association between the COVID-19 pandemic and
antibiotic prescription ratios and the determinants of antibiotic prescription in the community …

Background and Objectives: Empirical antibiotic prescribing in patients with coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been common even though bacterial coinfections are …

Background The proportion of patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 that are prescribed
antibiotics is uncertain, and may contribute to patient harm and global antibiotic resistance …

Background Declines in outpatient antibiotic prescribing were reported during the beginning
of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in the United States; however, the …

Background Earlier studies have reported high antibiotic use in patients hospitalised for
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), resulting in concerns of increasing antimicrobial …

Background: Improving antibiotic use is a key strategy to combat antimicrobial resistance.
Here, we have described national outpatient antibiotic prescribing trends during the COVID …