Variation by Race in Antibiotics Prescribed for Hospitalized Patients With Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Dec 1;4(12):e2140798. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.40798.

Abstract

This cohort study examines antibiotics prescribed and variations by race among hospitalized patients with skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs).

Publication types

  • Multicenter Study
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians' / statistics & numerical data*
  • Skin Diseases, Bacterial / drug therapy*
  • Skin Diseases, Bacterial / ethnology*
  • Skin Diseases, Bacterial / microbiology
  • Soft Tissue Infections / drug therapy*
  • Soft Tissue Infections / ethnology*
  • Soft Tissue Infections / microbiology
  • United States

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents