Who updates the Covid-19 guidelines: Antibiotics recommend only with suspected bacterial infection

In the World Health Organization (WHO), in its updated Covid-19 clinical care guidelines, a bacterial co-transmission is not suspected when advised against the use of antibiotics.

“It is a strong recommendation for patients with light covid -19, and is a weak or conditional one for patients with severe Kovid -19,” it is mentioned. The recommendations are based on new evidence as well as changes in the spread of disease and severity.

“Covid-19 recommendations about the use of antibiotics in patients are recently based on systematic reviews and meta-analysis, and pressing needs to address antimicrobial resistance,” the WHO said.

The objectives of the update guidelines are directly or indirectly involved in the healthcare of patients with Covid-19 and Post-Covid-19 conditions. This includes doctors, affiliated healthcare workers, facilities manager and hospital administrator.

In his note, who said that there are two new recommendations about the use of antibiotics that recently follow the meta-analysis of results in patients treated with antibiotics for covid-19.

“For patients with low clinical doubts of non-serious covid-19 and an concurrent bacterial infection, we recommend no empirical antibiotics,” it said.

Empirical antibiotics are prescribed medications to treat infection before the specific cause (bacteria or other microorganisms). This approach is used when the infection is severe or when the laboratory results will be a significant damage to the patients waiting for the results. In addition, those who said that for patients with severe covid-19 and low clinical doubts of an concurrent bacterial infection, they suggest no empirical antibiotics.

Who further said that these guidelines have developed in 2020 to suit the changing circumstances of new information and epidemic from the first edition.

“Remacific changes in Covid-19 disease at this time have reduced the overall transition rates in the overall infection and the severity of the disease has decreased. Emergency measures have also been removed, and the care of patients with covid-19 has been more integrated with general health systems. This separate environment has motivated all the existing guidance and the material to review the material.” Said.