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August 1, 2024Infection and Drug ResistanceOpen Access

The Impact of Early Antibiotic Use on Clinical Outcomes of Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis

Yishan Duan Jing Ren Jing Wang Suyan Wang Rui Zhang Huohuo Zhang Jinrui Hu Wen Deng Weimin Li Bojiang Chen

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Abstract

Early empiric antibiotics were prescribed to numerous patients during the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. However, the potential impact of empiric antibiotic therapy on the clinical outcomes of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 is yet unknown.

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Duan et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e5dd94b6db6435875732fa https://doi.org/10.2147/idr.s470957

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