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New evidence from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows the extensive overuse of antibiotics during the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide, which may have exacerbated "silent" spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). While only 8% of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 had bacterial co-infections requiring antibiotics, three out of four or some 75% of patients have been treated with
Data was collected from some 450. 000 patients admitted to hospitals for COVID-19 in 65 countries over a three-year period between January 2020 and March 2023.
NEW DELHI — Indiscriminate use of antibiotics during the Covid-19 pandemic worldwide may have worsened the "silent" spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR),
WHO reports widespread overuse of antibiotics in patients hospitalized with COVID-19