Publications by authors named "Rebecca Folasade Bamidele"
Antimicrobial prescribing practices and factors associated with antimicrobial prescribing in hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Oyo state: A retrospective study.
Amos Abimbola Oladunni Sina-Odunsi Ayomide Busayo Yusuff Adebayo Adebisi Rebecca Folasade Bamidele Abila Derrick Bary
PLOS Glob Public Health
November 2024
Article Synopsis
- * Researchers evaluated data from 271 patients admitted between March 2020 and April 2021, finding that nearly all were treated with antimicrobials, with factors like being single, under 60, having mild symptoms, and diabetes influencing the number of prescriptions.
- * The study underscores the need for careful monitoring of antimicrobial use in hospitalized COVID-19 patients to mitigate the risks associated with developing antibiotic resistance, especially in the absence of bacterial cultures for diagnosis.
SARS-CoV-2 shedding in human stool has been suggested as a probable route for faeco-oral transmission of the virus due to the availing evidence on the infectivity and pathogenicity of similar highly infectious respiratory viruses. Determining association of SARS-CoV-2 shedding in stools and presenting clinical status might be useful for prediction of the viral transmission spectrum and disease outcome. This study involved a descriptive cross-sectional survey of 91 consenting hospitalized, confirmed COVID-19 patients in Infectious Disease Isolation Centre, Oyo State, Nigeria.
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