A multicenter analysis of inpatient antibiotic use during the 2015-2019 influenza seasons in the United States: Untapped opportunities for antimicrobial stewardship.

We further observed a decreasing trend in IAU for specified anti-MRSA drugs and carbapenems, a reversal of the increasing trends for these antibiotic classes reported in the earlier study. 9 Notably, infections with other respiratory viruses, including respiratory syncytial virus and adenovirus, also show seasonal differences that tend to peak around the same time as influenza. 6 However, these viruses primarily affect children under 5 years of age, 6 a population not included in this study.

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