UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health: No role for routine antibiotic use in patients admitted for COVID-19

MADISON, Wis. – A large cohort study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health provides the best evidence to date that routine antibiotic treatment for COVID-19 is unnecessary and potentially risky. COVID-19 patients ill enough to be hospitalized often receive antibiotics to treat bacterial pneumonia, despite this being a rare complication. The st...