Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and multiplex polymerase chain reaction test on outpatient antibiotic prescriptions for pediatric respiratory infection.

Authors :: Daisuke Kitagawa
Taito Kitano
Madoka Furumori
Soma Suzuki
Yui Shintani
Hiroki Nishikawa
Rika Suzuki
Naohiro Yamamoto
Masayuki Onaka
Atsuko Nishiyama
Takehito Kasamatsu
Naoyuki Shiraishi
Yuki Suzuki
Akiyo Nakano
Ryuichi Nakano
Hisakazu Yano
Koichi Maeda
Sayaka Yoshida
Fumihiko Nakamura
Source :: PLoS ONE, Vol 18, Iss 1, p e0278932 (2023)
Publication Year :: 2023
Publisher :: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023.
Abstract: This study aimed to evaluate the impact of the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic on outpatient antibiotic prescriptions for pediatric respiratory infections at an acute care hospital in Japan in order to direct future pediatric outpatient antibiotic stewardship. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the FilmArray Respiratory Panel (RP) on outpatient antibiotic prescriptions was assessed from January 2019 to December 2021 using an interrupted time series analysis of children

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