Association between glucocorticoids treatment and viral clearance delay in patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract Background Evidence of glucocorticoids on viral clearance delay of COVID-19 patients is not clear. Methods In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we searched for studies on Medline, Embase, EBSCO, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, and ClinicalTrials.gov from 2019 to Apr...

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Main Authors: Jianbo Li, Xuelian Liao, Yue Zhou, Luping Wang, Hang Yang, Wei Zhang, Zhongwei Zhang, Yan Kang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-10-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06548-z