Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns and Antibiotic Use during Hospital Conversion in the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Authors

Bernardo Alfonso Martínez-Guerra · Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán

María Fernanda González-Lara · Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán

Nereyda A. de-León-Cividanes · Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán

Karla M. Tamez‐Torres · Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán

Carla M. Román‐Montes · Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán

Sandra Rajme‐López · Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán

Abstract

A high frequency of empiric antibiotic treatment in patients admitted with COVID-19 was seen. VAP and BSI were the most frequent hospital-acquired infections, due to <i>Enterobacteriaceae</i> and coagulase negative staphylococci, respectively.

Topics & Keywords

Antibiotic Use and Resistance COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Nosocomial Infections in ICU

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Antibiotics

Volume 10, Issue 2, pp. 182-182

DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics10020182

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