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Early Corticosteroid Initiation Delays Viral RNA Clearance in Respiratory Secretions of COVID-19 Patients

by
Ioannis Pantazopoulos
1,*,
Georgios Mavrovounis
1,
Athanasios Kyritsis
2,
Garyfallia Perlepe
2,
Angeliki Miziou
2 and
Konstantinos Gourgoulianis
2
1
Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Biopolis 41500, Greece
2
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical School, University General Hospital of Larisa, University of Thessaly, Biopolis 41500, Greece
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Adv. Respir. Med. 2021, 89(6), 624-625; https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.a2021.0112
Submission received: 27 July 2021 / Revised: 14 August 2021 / Accepted: 14 August 2021 / Published: 29 December 2021

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Previous studies have demonstrated that a cumulative dose of methylprednisolone more than 200 mg could suppress the immune cells resulting in prolonged severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 shedding in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia [...]

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Pantazopoulos, I.; Mavrovounis, G.; Kyritsis, A.; Perlepe, G.; Miziou, A.; Gourgoulianis, K. Early Corticosteroid Initiation Delays Viral RNA Clearance in Respiratory Secretions of COVID-19 Patients. Adv. Respir. Med. 2021, 89, 624-625. https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.a2021.0112

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Pantazopoulos I, Mavrovounis G, Kyritsis A, Perlepe G, Miziou A, Gourgoulianis K. Early Corticosteroid Initiation Delays Viral RNA Clearance in Respiratory Secretions of COVID-19 Patients. Advances in Respiratory Medicine. 2021; 89(6):624-625. https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.a2021.0112

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Pantazopoulos, Ioannis, Georgios Mavrovounis, Athanasios Kyritsis, Garyfallia Perlepe, Angeliki Miziou, and Konstantinos Gourgoulianis. 2021. "Early Corticosteroid Initiation Delays Viral RNA Clearance in Respiratory Secretions of COVID-19 Patients" Advances in Respiratory Medicine 89, no. 6: 624-625. https://doi.org/10.5603/ARM.a2021.0112

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