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Antibiotic prescribing patterns for bacterial superinfection of mpox: A retrospective cohort study in an urban center

Bacterial superinfection and antibiotic prescribing in the setting of the current mpox outbreak are not well described in the literature. This retrospective observational study revealed low prevalence (11%) of outpatient antibiotic prescribing for bacterial superinfection of mpox lesions; at least 3...

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Autores principales: Simmons, William F., Chan, Jeannie D., Budak, Jehan Z., Dhanireddy, Shireesha, Green, Margaret L., Jain, Rupali, Neme, Santiago, Rietberg, Krista, Roxby, Alison C., Lynch, John B., Bryson-Cahn, Chloe
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10369426/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37502242
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ash.2023.158
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author Simmons, William F.
Chan, Jeannie D.
Budak, Jehan Z.
Dhanireddy, Shireesha
Green, Margaret L.
Jain, Rupali
Neme, Santiago
Rietberg, Krista
Roxby, Alison C.
Lynch, John B.
Bryson-Cahn, Chloe
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description Bacterial superinfection and antibiotic prescribing in the setting of the current mpox outbreak are not well described in the literature. This retrospective observational study revealed low prevalence (11%) of outpatient antibiotic prescribing for bacterial superinfection of mpox lesions; at least 3 prescriptions (23%) were unnecessary.
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spelling pubmed-103694262023-07-27 Antibiotic prescribing patterns for bacterial superinfection of mpox: A retrospective cohort study in an urban center Simmons, William F. Chan, Jeannie D. Budak, Jehan Z. Dhanireddy, Shireesha Green, Margaret L. Jain, Rupali Neme, Santiago Rietberg, Krista Roxby, Alison C. Lynch, John B. Bryson-Cahn, Chloe Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol Concise Communication Bacterial superinfection and antibiotic prescribing in the setting of the current mpox outbreak are not well described in the literature. This retrospective observational study revealed low prevalence (11%) of outpatient antibiotic prescribing for bacterial superinfection of mpox lesions; at least 3 prescriptions (23%) were unnecessary. Cambridge University Press 2023-06-29 /pmc/articles/PMC10369426/ /pubmed/37502242 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ash.2023.158 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction, provided the original article is properly cited.
spellingShingle Concise Communication
Simmons, William F.
Chan, Jeannie D.
Budak, Jehan Z.
Dhanireddy, Shireesha
Green, Margaret L.
Jain, Rupali
Neme, Santiago
Rietberg, Krista
Roxby, Alison C.
Lynch, John B.
Bryson-Cahn, Chloe
Antibiotic prescribing patterns for bacterial superinfection of mpox: A retrospective cohort study in an urban center
title Antibiotic prescribing patterns for bacterial superinfection of mpox: A retrospective cohort study in an urban center
title_full Antibiotic prescribing patterns for bacterial superinfection of mpox: A retrospective cohort study in an urban center
title_fullStr Antibiotic prescribing patterns for bacterial superinfection of mpox: A retrospective cohort study in an urban center
title_full_unstemmed Antibiotic prescribing patterns for bacterial superinfection of mpox: A retrospective cohort study in an urban center
title_short Antibiotic prescribing patterns for bacterial superinfection of mpox: A retrospective cohort study in an urban center
title_sort antibiotic prescribing patterns for bacterial superinfection of mpox: a retrospective cohort study in an urban center
topic Concise Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10369426/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37502242
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ash.2023.158
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