Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness
September 18, 2020
Corticosteroid Therapy Is Associated with the Delay of SARS-CoV-2 Clearance in COVID-19 Patients
Category: Article Summary
Topic: Testing and Treatment
Keywords (Tags): treatment
- Patients with COVID-19 who received corticosteroids experienced longer time to viral clearance (median 18 days vs 16 days, p<0.001) and hospitalization (median 17 days vs 15 days, p=0.023), in a retrospective multi-center study in China (n=309).
Huang et al. (Sept 15, 2020). Corticosteroid Therapy Is Associated with the Delay of SARS-CoV-2 Clearance in COVID-19 Patients. European Journal of Pharmacology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejphar.2020.173556