Impact of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention on Usage of Antibiotics in Coronavirus Disease-2019 at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in India.

Background: There was evidence that antibiotic usage increased in hospitalized COVID-19 patients during the early days of the pandemic.

Objective: We assessed the impact of stewardship interventions on antibiotic usage in these patients.

Methods: We designed a quasi-experimental study using an interrupted time series.