Antimicrobial stewardship in the ICU in COVID times: the known unknowns.

Antimicrobial stewardship in the ICU in COVID times: the known unknowns – International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

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IDSA Updated Covid-19 Guidance: Co-Infection and Antimicrobial Stewardship – “bacterial coinfections with SARS-CoV-2 infection are relatively infrequent (likely occurring in less than 10% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients)”.

Antimicrobial stewardship in ICUs during the COVID-19 pandemic: back to the 90s?

Another study shows a high frequency of antibiotic use among patients hospitalized with Covid-19 (85.2%), despite low rates of confirmed secondary bacterial infections.

Too many COVID-19 patients get unneeded ‘just in case’ antibiotics