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. 2020 Sep 26;81(6):952–960. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.09.024

Table 2.

Antibiotic and antifungal prescribing on day of admission and day of survey, by ward type and by SARS-CoV-2 result.

All surveyed patients (n = 820) Medical and elderly wards
Critical care wards





All surveyed patients (n = 698)
SARSCoV-2 positive (n = 421)
SARSCoV-2 negative (n = 277)
All surveyed patients (n = 122)
SARSCoV-2 positive (n = 110)
SARSCoV-2 negative (n = 12)
Total surveyed patients Total surveyed patients with characteristic % Total surveyed patients Total surveyed patients with characteristic % Total surveyed patients Total surveyed patients with characteristic % Total surveyed patients Total surveyed patients with characteristic % Total surveyed patients Total surveyed patients with characteristic % Total surveyed patients Total surveyed patients with characteristic % Total surveyed patients Total surveyed patients with characteristic %
Antibiotic(s) on admission 789 492 62.4 672 409 60.9 402 257 63.9 270 152 56.3 122 83 68.0 105 79 75.2 12 4 33.3
Empirical antibiotic(s) on admission 403 389 96.5 327 315 96.3 230 219 95.2 97 96 99.0 76 74 97.4 73 71 97.3 3 3 100.0
IV antibiotic(s) on admission 461 276 59.9 384 212 55.2 243 126 51.9 141 86 61.0 77 64 83.1 73 60 82.2 4 4 100.0
Antibiotic(s) on day of survey 818 368 45.0 697 314 45.1 421 153 36.3 276 161 58.3 121 54 44.6 109 50 45.9 12 4 33.3
Empirical antibiotic(s) on day of survey 367 320 87.2 313 281 89.8 153 133 86.9 160 148 92.5 54 39 72.2 50 35 70.0 4 4 100.0
IV antibiotic(s) on day of survey 364 178 48.9 312 129 41.3 152 60 39.5 160 69 43.1 52 49 94.2 48 45 93.8 4 4 100.0
Systemic antifungal on day of survey 818 13 1.6 672 1 0.1 402 1 0.2 270 0 0.0 122 12 9.8 105 12 11.4 12 0 0.0
Empirical systemic antifungal on day of survey 13 5 38.5 1 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0 12 5 41.7 12 5 41.7 0 0