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Efficiency of antiviral treatment in COVID‑19

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    • Nicoleta Negrut
    • Adriana Codrean
    • Ioana Hodisan
    • Simona Bungau
    • Delia Mirela Tit
    • Ruxandra Marin
    • Tapan Behl
    • Florin Banica
    • Camelia C. Diaconu
    • Delia Carmen Nistor‑Cseppento
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    Affiliations: Department of Psycho‑Neuroscience and Recovery, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 410073 Oradea, Romania, Department of infectious Diseases, ‘Gavril Curteanu’ Municipal Hospital Oradea, 410469 Oradea, Romania, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 410028 Oradea, Romania, Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, 140401 Punjab, India, Department 5, ‘Carol Davila’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania
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The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2) pandemic is responsible for generating a global effort to discover urgent therapeutic solutions to limit the human damage caused by COVID‑19. In the period of April to June 2020, 105 patients diagnosed with COVID‑19 met the conditions for inclusion in the present study. They were treated with antiviral therapy according to local guidelines: D group (53 cases), treated with darunavir/ritonavir (DRV/r); and K group (52 cases), treated with lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r). Patients from the K group required 7.5 days of hospitalization less compared to those from the D group (P<0.001). The blood oxygen saturation values recorded in the groups were statistically different [K group (94.02±3.12%) vs. D group (92.13±4.24%), P=0.010]. The percentage of patients with unsatisfactory clinical evolution were non‑significantly higher in the D group compared with the K group [20 (37.74%) vs. 12 (23.08%), P=0.157]. We did not note statistically significant differences between the two groups tracked considering the values for the Brescia‑COVID Respiratory Severity Scale (BCRSS) of the patients with unsatisfactory clinical evolution, nor of the chest CT' evolution after 10 days of therapy. We did not register significant adverse effects after antiviral therapy in the two groups. Antiviral therapy with LPV/r had some favorable results compared to DRV/r in patients with COVID‑19. Both therapies were well tolerated.
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Negrut N, Codrean A, Hodisan I, Bungau S, Tit DM, Marin R, Behl T, Banica F, Diaconu CC, Nistor‑Cseppento DC, Nistor‑Cseppento DC, et al: Efficiency of antiviral treatment in COVID‑19. Exp Ther Med 21: 648, 2021.
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Negrut, N., Codrean, A., Hodisan, I., Bungau, S., Tit, D.M., Marin, R. ... Nistor‑Cseppento, D.C. (2021). Efficiency of antiviral treatment in COVID‑19. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 21, 648. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2021.10080
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Negrut, N., Codrean, A., Hodisan, I., Bungau, S., Tit, D. M., Marin, R., Behl, T., Banica, F., Diaconu, C. C., Nistor‑Cseppento, D. C."Efficiency of antiviral treatment in COVID‑19". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 21.6 (2021): 648.
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Negrut, N., Codrean, A., Hodisan, I., Bungau, S., Tit, D. M., Marin, R., Behl, T., Banica, F., Diaconu, C. C., Nistor‑Cseppento, D. C."Efficiency of antiviral treatment in COVID‑19". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 21, no. 6 (2021): 648. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2021.10080
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Negrut, N., Codrean, A., Hodisan, I., Bungau, S., Tit, D.M., Marin, R. ... Nistor‑Cseppento, D.C. (2021). Efficiency of antiviral treatment in COVID‑19. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 21, 648. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2021.10080
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Negrut, N., Codrean, A., Hodisan, I., Bungau, S., Tit, D. M., Marin, R., Behl, T., Banica, F., Diaconu, C. C., Nistor‑Cseppento, D. C."Efficiency of antiviral treatment in COVID‑19". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 21.6 (2021): 648.
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Negrut, N., Codrean, A., Hodisan, I., Bungau, S., Tit, D. M., Marin, R., Behl, T., Banica, F., Diaconu, C. C., Nistor‑Cseppento, D. C."Efficiency of antiviral treatment in COVID‑19". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 21, no. 6 (2021): 648. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2021.10080
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