Table 1.
The use of antibiotics by demographic characteristics among the suspected COVID-19 patients admitted at 12 selected hospitals in Bangladesh, March–August 2020.
| Characteristics | Suspected COVID-19 Patients (n = 1188) n (%) |
Antibiotic Use n (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall (n = 1090) |
COVID-19 Sentinel Surveillance (n = 150) |
Hospital-Based Influenza Surveillance (n = 940) |
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| Age in year | ||||
| ≤5 | 322 (27.1) | 312 (28.6) | 1 (0.7) | 311 (33.1) |
| 6–18 | 96 (8.1) | 89 (8.2) | 5 (3.3) | 84 (8.9) |
| 19–59 | 486 (40.9) | 436 (40.0) | 51 (34.0) | 385 (40.9) |
| ≥60 | 284 (23.9) | 253 (23.2) | 93 (62.0) | 160 (17.0) |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 816 (68.7) | 755 (69.3) | 102 (68.0) | 653 (69.5) |
| Female | 372 (31.3) | 335 (30.7) | 48 (32.0) | 287 (30.5) |
| Type of ward | ||||
| Medicine | 676 (56.9) | 633 (58.1) | 94 (62.7) | 539 (57.3) |
| Pediatrics | 389 (32.7) | 375 (34.4) | 5 (3.3) | 370 (39.4) |
| ICU | 2 (0.2) | 2 (0.2) | 1 (0.7) | 1 (0.1) |
| CCU | 54 (4.5) | 43 (3.9) | 13 (8.7) | 30 (3.2) |
| COVID-19 Isolation | 67 (5.6) | 37 (3.4) | 37 (24.7) | 0 |
| COVID-19 test result | ||||
| Positive | 257 (21.6) | 237 (21.7) | 44 (29.3) | 193 (20.5) |
| Negative | 931 (78.4) | 853 (78.3) | 106 (70.7) | 747 (79.5) |
| Health care worker | ||||
| Yes | 14 (1.2) | 12 (1.1) | 0 | 12 (1.3) |
| No | 1174 (98.8) | 1078 (98.9) | 150 (100.0) | 928 (98.7) |
| Smoking | ||||
| Smoker | 250 (21.0) | 220 (20.2) | 53 (35.3) | 167 (17.8) |
| Non-smoker | 938 (79.0) | 870 (79.8) | 97 (64.7) | 773 (82.2) |