The Impact of Early Antibiotic Use on Clinical Outcomes of Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis
Early antibiotics were frequently prescribed to patients in more severe disease condition at admission. However, early antibiotic treatment failed to demonstrate better clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in the propensity-score-matched cohorts.
Authors
- Weimin Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6685-0161)
- Yishan Duan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0823-2733)
- Bojiang Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4882-9817)
- Rui Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7779-8722)
- Wen Deng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8878-0835)
- Jinrui Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3806-7777)
- Huohuo Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8617-2536)
- Suyan Wang
- Jing Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3793-3264)
- Jing Ren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9041-9479)
Institutions
- Sichuan University (CN)
- West China Hospital of Sichuan University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection and Drug Resistance
- Published
- 2024-08-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2147/idr.s470957
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.60
Funders
- Department of Science and Technology of Sichuan Province
- Sichuan University
- West China Hospital, Sichuan University