From empirical to precision therapy in ICUs: Rethinking antibiotic use after COVID-19

Hossein  Azarmina; Niloofar  Keikhaei; Kamyar  Kharazmi

doi:10.61882/jcbior.6.3.331

Authors

Hossein Azarmina Critical Care Quality Improvement Research Center, Shahid Modarres Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9882-0618
Niloofar Keikhaei Sayad Shirazi Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7292-8639
Kamyar Kharazmi Critical Care Quality Improvement Research Center, Shahid Modarres Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61882/jcbior.6.3.331

Keywords:

Post-COVID, Critical care , Antibiotic resistance

Abstract

No abstract.

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