TY  - JOUR
TI  - Antibiotic use and Influencing Factors Among Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19: A Multicenter Point-Prevalence Study from Turkey
AB  - Background: Broad-spectrum empirical antimicrobials are frequently prescribed for patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) despite the lack of evidence for bacterial coinfection. Aims: We aimed to cross-sectionally determine the frequency of antibiotics use, type of antibiotics prescribed, and the factors influencing antibiotics use in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 confirmed by polymerase chain reaction. Study Design: The study was a national, multicenter, retrospective, and single-day point prevalence study. Methods: This was a national, multicenter, retrospective, and single- day point-prevalence study, conducted in the 24-h period between 00:00 and 24:00 on November 18, 2020, during the start of the second COVID-19 peak in Turkey. Results: A total of 1500 patients hospitalized with a diagnosis of
AU  - Tasbakan, meltem
AU  - Yamazhan, Tansu
AU  - ergen, pınar
AU  - Sencan, İrfan
AU  - KARABAY, OĞUZ
AU  - Ceran, Nurgül
AU  - Kurtaran, Behice
AU  - Bektaş, Begüm
AU  - Agalar, Canan
AU  - Guclu, Ertugrul
AU  - Öğütlü, Aziz
AU  - DEMİRBAŞ, ZEHRA
AU  - INAL, AYSE SEZA
AU  - Kuzi, Semanur
AU  - YİĞİT, ÖZGE
AU  - Şibar, Ezgi Gizem
AU  - Ünver Ulusoy, Tülay
AU  - ESER KARLIDAG, Gulden
AU  - Erol, Serpil
AU  - kul, gülnur
AU  - EREN-KUTSOYLU, Oya Ozlem
AU  - ÇAĞ, Yasemin
AU  - Bulut, Dilek
AU  - SAYAR, MERVE SEFA
AU  - Uzar, Hanife
DO  - 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2022.2021-11-62
PY  - 2022
JO  - Balkan Medical Journal
VL  - 39
IS  - 3
SN  - 2146-3123
SP  - 209
EP  - 217
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/1130917
ER  -