What do infectious disease specialists think about managing long COVID?

Maureen D. Lyons; Susan E. Beekmann; Philip M. Polgreen; Jonas Marschall

doi:10.1017/ash.2023.519

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology (Jan 2023)

What do infectious disease specialists think about managing long COVID?

Maureen D. Lyons,
Susan E. Beekmann,
Philip M. Polgreen,
Jonas Marschall

Affiliations

Maureen D. Lyons: Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, School of Medicine, OHSU, Portland, OR, USA Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA
Susan E. Beekmann: ORCiD; Departments of Internal Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Philip M. Polgreen: Departments of Internal Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Jonas Marschall: ORCiD; Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2023.519
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3

Abstract

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This survey of infectious disease providers on long COVID care revealed a lack of familiarity with existing resources, a sentiment of missing guidelines, and scarcity of dedicated care centers. The low response rate suggests that infectious disease specialists do not consider themselves as the primary providers of long COVID care.

Published in Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology

ISSN: 2732-494X (Online)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases; Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antimicrobial-stewardship-and-healthcare-epidemiology

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