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Impact of COVID-19 related healthcare changes on antibiotic resistance in clinical Escherichia coli isolates: interrupted time series analyses in Scotland, UK.

2025-05-23 infectious diseases Title + abstract only
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ObjectivesThe SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has impacted healthcare use, with mixed reports about the impact on antimicrobial resistance. This work aimed to identify changes in healthcare utilisation and antibiotic prescribing in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic and quantify any subsequent impact on antibiotic resistance in clinical Escherichia coli isolates across a complete geographical population in Scotland. MethodsData including [~]490,000 people from January 2018 to March 2022 were accessed via th...

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