What do these findings mean?
COVID-19 (CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019)
The use of respiratory POC does not seem to be an effective tool for reducing the use of antibiotics in a setting with a very low level of antimicrobial resistance and already prudent use of antibiotics.The use of respiratory POC may aid to ensure a targeted and/or appropriate treatment in a setting with a restrictive use of antibiotics—and thereby may aid to sustain a restrictive strategy.The concurrent Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the unusually low transmission of common respiratory viruses in the period may have affected the results.