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Dec 4, 2022 · Five-hundred-ninety-three studies were identified, published from January 2020 to 30 October 2022. Thirty-six studies were included in this systematic review. Of the 36 included studies, 32 studies were on the use of antibiotics in COVID-19 inpatients and 4 on antibiotic use in COVID-19 outpatients.
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Antibiotic therapy not recommended in patients with mild...
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925 COVID-19 patients. All the hospital wards: Sputum, blood...
- Antibiotics for the treatment
The use of antibiotics follows the intention-to-treat the...
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Azithromycin (Zithromax) is the most consistently studied antibiotic for use in treating patients infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus; it does not improve mortality after 28 days or affect the...
Feb 9, 2021 · Patients’ characteristics, clinical outcomes, as well as selected characteristics regarding antibiotic use (indication, class used, rates and types of bacterial secondary and co-infection, and duration of treatment) were analyzed. Results. Nineteen clinical studies reporting data from 2834 patients were included.
- Marie Chedid, Rami Waked, Elie Haddad, Nabil Chetata, Gebrael Saliba, Jacques Choucair
- 10.1016/j.jiph.2021.02.001
- 2021
- 2021/05
Jun 23, 2021 · Our findings revealed that various antibiotics, such as azithromycin, doxycycline, clarithromycin, ceftriaxone, erythromycin, amoxicillin, amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, ampicillin, gentamicin, benzylpenicillin, piperacillin/tazobactam, ciprofloxacin, ceftazidime, cefepime, vancomycin, meropenem, and cefuroxime among others, were recommended for u...
- Yusuff Adebayo Adebisi, Nafisat Dasola Jimoh, Isaac Olushola Ogunkola, Theogene Uwizeyimana, Alaka H...
- 2021
Dec 4, 2022 · Antibiotics should not be prescribed during COVID-19 unless there is a strong clinical suspicion of bacterial coinfection or superinfection.
Jul 28, 2022 · Even though COVID-19 is a viral disease, the frequent use of antibacterial agents for its treatment is a concern [ 1 ]. During the initial stages of the pandemic, there was an indiscriminate use of these agents based on the fact that viral respiratory infections predispose to bacterial superinfection [ 1 ].