Antibiotic treatment of adults hospitalized with moderate COVID-19 is associated with clinical deterioration, despite the drugs being given to over 40% of patients, according to new research being presented at this year'sESCMID Global Congress(formerly ECCMID) in Barcelona, Spain (27-30 April) Ad...
Antibiotic use in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: a population-based study in Hong Kongdoi:10.1017/ash.2023.485Blais, Joseph EdgarWeixin ZhangYun LinChui, Celine S. L.Vincent Chi-Chung ChengCowling, Benjamin JohnPeng WuAntimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology...
Significant concerns have been raised regarding the overuse of antibiotics among patients hospitalized for COVID-19 and the broad impact of the pandemic on antimicrobial stewardship in acute care. We sought to compare potentially unnecessary antibiotic prescribing over time among patients admitted with ...
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Efforts to address antibiotic resistance are complicated by its inherent association with antibiotic use. Consequently, antibiotic resistance research must focus on the development of strategies that do not simultaneously exacerbate the current condition. Recently, increased attention has been given to the ...
In regions with high rates of COVID-19 spread, such as Europe and the United States, prescriptions for antibiotics in the community dropped dramatically after COVID-19 restrictions were introduced in early 2020. A study published in the British Journal o
Infections with drug-resistant bacteria may lead to longer and more costly hospital care, and increase the risk of dying from the infection. Dangerous, resistant bacteria known as "superbugs" are being reported.Each year over 2.8 million people get an antibiotic-resistance infection, and close to...
and high economic as well as clinical burden to the individual and community at large. The pooled estimate of non-prescribed use of antibiotics among children in low- and middle-income countries was 38.86% ( 95% CI 34.32, 43.40;P < 0.0001). There are numerous explanations given for wh...
Our findings suggest that prescribing antibiotics to pediatric COVID-19 patients is associated with a poorer in-hospital prognosis. However, given the limitations of an observational study, the results must be carefully considered. Published data regarding the antibiotic prescription rates in hospitalizes...
Gonorrhea: Benzylpenicillin sodium may be used in combination with other antibiotics to treat gonorrhea, a common sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Other Bacterial Infections: Benzylpenicillin sodium may also be used to treat other bacterial infections, such as ce...