Lopinavir/ritonavir did not shorten the duration of SARS CoV-2 shedding in patients with mild pneumonia in Taiwan

An increase of Ct values was 0.9 per day in 2 cases of COVID-19 treated with lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r), an increase was 1.0 per day in 3 cases without LPV/r through illness day 1–10, indicating that LPV/r did not shorten the duration of SARS CoV-2 shedding.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chien-Yu Cheng, Yu-Lin Lee, Cheng-Pin Chen, Yi-Chun Lin, Chun-Eng Liu, Chia-Hung Liao, Shu-Hsing Cheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-06-01
Series:Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S168411822030092X