391. Outcomes of Empiric Antimicrobial Therapy in COVID-19 Positive Patients

Empiric antimicrobial therapy in cancer patients.

The majority of fevers which occur in granulocytopenic cancer patients appear to have an infectious etiology [1]. The practice of initiating empiric antibiotic therapy when the granulocytopenic cancer patient becomes febrile is now well established and has markedly reduced the early morbidity and mortality of infections in these patients. Nonetheless, infections still remain the leading cause o...

COVID-19 and its Outcomes in Multiple Sclerosis Patients

Background: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly contagious disease that resulted in 4533645 deaths until September first, 2021. Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients receive immunosuppressive drugs. Thus, there is a concern that these drugs will reduce the patient’s immune system resistance against COVID19. Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the epidemiology of COVID19 and its ...

COVID-19 in Nursing Homes: The Problematic Management of Residents Without Positive COVID-19 RT-PCR

Clinical Features and Outcomes of Suspected and Confirmed COVID-19 Patients in Saveh, Iran, 2020

 Background and purpose: The outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia is a major threat to global public health because it is very contagious and spreads quickly by human-to-human transmission. This study aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics and outcome of patients infected with COVID-19 in Saveh, Iran. Materials and methods: A descriptive-analytical study was con...

Prevalence of Some High-Risk Behaviors in Covid-19 Positive Patients: Esfarayen 2020

Introduction: Due to the widespread prevalence of the disease of Covid 19 and the fact that the behavior and lifestyle of people has an important role in the transmission of this disease, this study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of high-risk behaviors in patients with this disease. Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 706 patients whose PCR test results wer...