COVID-19, Antimicrobial resistance -- Worldwide/Unknown
Growing evidence suggests that, as the COVID-19 pandemic moves across the world, it may drag a 2nd slow-motion pandemic behind it. Even though COVID-19 is a viral illness not affected by antibiotics, early data from hospitals shows that very high proportions of patients -- more than 90% in some cohorts -- are being treated with those drugs to cure or protect against secondary infections during respiratory illnesses or hospitalization. That's being accompanied by an unmeasured but possibly huge
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?7268269&promed&0
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