Antiviral activity of interferon-based combination therapy in critically ill patients with COVID-19: Preliminary observations

• Paolo Gaibani,
• Tommaso Tonetti,
• Michele Bartoletti,
• Maria Carla Re,
• PierLuigi Viale,
• V. Marco Ranieri

Affiliations

Paolo Gaibani

Operative Unit of Clinical Microbiology, IRCCS S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy

Tommaso Tonetti

Alma Mater Studiorum–Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, IRCCS Policlinico di Sant’Orsola, Bologna, Italy

Michele Bartoletti

Operative Unit of Infectious Diseases, IRCCS S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, 9 via G. Massarenti, 40138 Bologna, Italy; Corresponding author.

Maria Carla Re

Operative Unit of Clinical Microbiology, IRCCS S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy

PierLuigi Viale

Operative Unit of Infectious Diseases, IRCCS S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, 9 via G. Massarenti, 40138 Bologna, Italy

V. Marco Ranieri

Alma Mater Studiorum–Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, IRCCS Policlinico di Sant’Orsola, Bologna, Italy