SynthesisFrontiers in public health2022
Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on antibiotic consumption: A systematic review comparing 2019 and 2020 data.
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- Appropriateness of outpatient antibiotic prescriptions in acute-care hospitals in Japan: a cross-sectional study from 2016-22.JAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2026Article
- The effect of age-specific stay-at-home recommendation on healthcare utilization: Evidence from Finland's COVID-19 policy.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2026Article
- Consumption of systemic antibiotics in a tertiary care hospital in Northern Sri Lanka: a five-year trend analysis.BMC pharmacology & toxicology · 2026Article
- Paediatric outpatient antibiotic utilization patterns and use of healthcare services before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic: interrupted time series analysis using data from Norway and Japan.The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy · 2026Article
- Using prescription medication utilization trends to evaluate health system resilience and inform future emergency preparedness.Journal of managed care & specialty pharmacy · 2026Article
- Clostridioides difficile infections in seven Brazilian hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic: hand hygiene and antimicrobial consumption.Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo · 2026Article
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- Impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on early life gut microbiome.Gut microbes · 2025Article
- Beyond the Virus: The Collateral Impact of COVID-19 on Antimicrobial Consumption, Microbial Resistance, and Pharmacoeconomics.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Observational
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- Human Antimicrobial Use in Bangladesh: Five-Year Trend Analysis Including COVID-19 Pandemic Era.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- From Pandemic to Resistance: Addressing Multidrug-Resistant Urinary Tract Infections in the Balkans.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Association Between Antimicrobials and Pump Proton Inhibitors Consumption with the Incidence of NosocomialAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Increase in Antibiotic Utilisation in Primary Care Post COVID-19 Pandemic.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- National Antimicrobial Consumption in Latin America and the Caribbean: Measurements and Results from 2019-2022.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Pharmaco-Epidemiological Study and Correlation Between Antibiotic Resistance and Antibiotic Consumption in a Tunisian Teaching Hospital from 2010 to 2022.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the consumption of antibiotics and the emergence of AMR: case study in a general hospital.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has influenced antibiotic consumption over a long period, with variability in trends among studies. We conducted this systematic review to explore and compare the effect of the pandemic on overall and individual antibiotic consumption in 2020 with that in 2019. Methods: This systematic literature review was conducted using PubMed, EMBASE, and Web of Science databases. Data on antibiotic consumption in Japan was sourced from the Japan Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption. Results: A total of 1,442 articles and reports were screened, and 16 eligible articles were reviewed. The included studies were conducted in Jordan, Australia, Canada, UK, Japan, Brazil, India, China, and the EU. There was no study from African and Southeast Asian Countries. Overall, antibiotic consumption in the community consistently reduced in 2020. Studies from Australia, Canada, Portugal, Spain, the UK, Japan, and the European Union reported both decreases in overall and selected individual antibiotics consumption. In contrast, hospital-based studies reported both increases and decreases. Hospital-based studies in Lebanon, Spain, Italy, India, and the UK reported an increase in antibiotic consumption in 2020. Studies reporting an interruption of antibiotic stewardship programs during the pandemic also reported increases in antibiotic consumption for hospitalized patients in 2020 compared with that in 2019. Conclusion: Our results showed a different trend between communities and hospitals in antibiotic consumption during 2020 compared to 2019. The continuity of the antibiotic stewardship program might have influenced the antibiotic consumption trend variability among hospitals in 2020. Alongside this, the lack of information on antibiotic consumption from low-income countries and limited reports from middle-income countries revealed gaps that need to be urgently filled.
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