ArticleThe Journal of infection2020
Early administered antibiotics do not impact mortality in critically ill patients with COVID-19.
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Article in The Journal of infection, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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31citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 68 citations in OpenAlex.
- Antibiotic prescribing in patients with COVID-19: rapid review and meta-analysis.Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases · 2021Pooled it
- Bacterial co-infection and secondary infection in patients with COVID-19: a living rapid review and meta-analysis.Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases · 2020Pooled it
- Efficacy and safety of antimicrobial stewardship prospective audit and feedback in patients hospitalised with COVID-19 (COVASP): a pragmatic, cluster-randomised, non-inferiority trial.The Lancet. Infectious diseases · 2023Trial
- Comparative Safety of Empirical Antibiotic Classes in Newly Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Does Empirical Antibiotic Use Improve Outcomes in Ventilated Patients with Pandemic Viral Infection? A Multicentre Retrospective Study.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Impact of Early Antibiotic Use on Clinical Outcomes of Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis.Infection and drug resistance · 2024Article
- Characterization of Coinfections in Patients with COVID-19.The Canadian journal of hospital pharmacy · 2024Article
- Pharmacist-driven antimicrobial stewardship interventions in patients with COVID-19: a scoping review.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2023Article
- Epidemiological Impact on Use of Antibiotics in Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Italy.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- Increasing Consumption of Antibiotics during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Patient Health and Emerging Anti-Microbial Resistance.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Antibiotic Use and Bacterial Infection in COVID-19 Patients in the Second Phase of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: A Scoping Review.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Diagnostic concordance between BioFire® FilmArray® Pneumonia Panel and culture in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia admitted to intensive care units: the experience of the third wave in eight hospitals in Colombia.Critical care (London, England) · 2022Article
- The effect of outpatient antibiotic treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 on the outcomes in the emergency department: a propensity score matching study.Croatian medical journal · 2022Article
- Outcomes and antibiotic use in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) admitted to an intensive care unit.Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2022Article
- Evaluation of early antibiotic use in patients with non-severe COVID-19 without bacterial infection.International journal of antimicrobial agents · 2022Article
- A retrospective antibiotic prescribing assessment and examination of potential antibiotic stewardship targets in patients with COVID-19.JAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2021Article
- High Prevalence of Antibiotic Resistance among Opportunistic Pathogens Isolated from Patients with COVID-19 under Mechanical Ventilation: Results of a Single-Center Study.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Antimicrobial Use in COVID-19 Patients in the First Phase of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: A Scoping Review.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Antibiotic resistance during and beyond COVID-19.JAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2021Article
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Authors and funding
11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
Niccolò BuettiEnte Ospedaliero Cantonale, Locarno Community Hospital, Locarno, Switzerland; INSERM IAME, U1137, Team DeSCID, Paris, France. Electronic address: niccolo.buetti@gmail.com.
Timothy MazzuchelliEnte Ospedaliero Cantonale, Locarno Community Hospital, Locarno, Switzerland.
Elia Lo PrioreEnte Ospedialiero Cantonale, Infection Control Program, Ticino, Switzerland; Ente Ospedialiero Cantonale, Division of Infectious Diseases, Regional Hospital Lugano, Lugano, Switzerland.
Carlo BalmelliEnte Ospedialiero Cantonale, Infection Control Program, Ticino, Switzerland; Ente Ospedialiero Cantonale, Division of Infectious Diseases, Regional Hospital Lugano, Lugano, Switzerland.
Michael LlamasEnte Ospedaliero Cantonale, Locarno Community Hospital, Locarno, Switzerland.
Micol PallanzaEnte Ospedaliero Cantonale, Locarno Community Hospital, Locarno, Switzerland.
Luigia ElziEnte Ospedaliero Cantonale, Locarno Community Hospital, Locarno, Switzerland.
Vera ConsonniEnte Ospedaliero Cantonale, Locarno Community Hospital, Locarno, Switzerland.
Pierpaolo TrimboliFaculty of Biomedical Sciences, Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), Lugano, Switzerland; Clinic for Nuclear Medicine and Competence Center for Thyroid Diseases, Imaging Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
Valentina Forni-OgnaEnte Ospedaliero Cantonale, Locarno Community Hospital, Locarno, Switzerland.
Enos BernasconiEnte Ospedialiero Cantonale, Division of Infectious Diseases, Regional Hospital Lugano, Lugano, Switzerland.
Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale · CHOspedale Regionale di Locarno · CHOspedale regionale di Lugano · CH
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CoinfectionCoronavirus InfectionsPandemicsPneumonia, ViralAnti-Bacterial AgentsBetacoronavirusCOVID-19Critical IllnessHumansSARS-CoV-2Anti-Bacterial AgentsAntibioticsCOVID-19Intensive care unitSARS-CoV-2
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