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coronavirus disease 2019 covid19 pandemic rates inhospital antimicrobial use increased due perceived bacterial fungal coinfections along covid19 describe incidence coinfections antimicrobial use patients hospitalized covid19 help guide effective antimicrobial use population study conducted 3 tertiarycare referral university teaching hospitals new york city multicenter retrospective observational cohort study involved patients admitted covid19 january 1 2020 february 1 2021 variables interest extracted deidentified data set covid19 infections across health system population statistics presented median interquartile range iqr proportions 95 confidence intervals cis indicated among 7209 patients admitted covid19 663 92 positive culture respiratory tract blood sometime initial hospital admission positive respiratory cultures occurred found 449 62 patients 20 collected within 48 hours admission blood culture positivity occurred 334 patients 46 335 identified within 48 hours admission higher proportion patients received antimicrobials first wave later pandemic period 824 vs 520 antimicrobials prescribed 701 inpatients median 6 antimicrobial days per patient infectionfree survival decreased course hospitalization detected low incidence coinfection covid19 admission longer duration hospitalization associated increased risk coinfection antimicrobial use far exceeded true incidence detection coinfections patients