COVID-19 patients in intensive care units, such as this one at Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York City, often receive large amounts of antibiotics to fight secondary bacterial infections.
By Sara ReardonScience's COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center.In her regular job, Priya Nori runs Montefiore Medical Center’s antibiotic stewardship program, spends most of her time ensuring that the Bronx-based hospital doesn’t overuse the drugs and allow bacteria resistant to them to thrive.
But like many physicians, Nori is now spending all of her time helping treat COVID-19 patients at her New York City hospital, which like other medical centers in the pandemic hotspot, is crowded with 50% more patients than normal.