Clinical Case Reports (Dec 2020)

Severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pneumonia patients treated successfully with a combination of lopinavir/ritonavir plus favipiravir: Case series

  • Hayato Koba,
  • Taro Yoneda,
  • Tomoya Kaneda,
  • Tsukasa Ueda,
  • Hideharu Kimura,
  • Kazuo Kasahara

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3358
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 12
pp. 3142 – 3147

Abstract

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Key Clinical Message The combination therapy of Lopinavir/Ritonavir plus Favipiravir might be a treatment option for patients with COVID‐19. Serum ferritin levels and lymphocytopenia are promising markers for disease severity and disease progression that are commonly available in general clinical practice.

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