Characteristics and prognostic factors of COVID-19 among infected cases: a nationwide Tunisian analysis

The outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues to constitute an international public health concern. Few data are available on the duration...

COVID-19 and Headache: A Primer for Trainees

CVID-19 is a global pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus is highly contagious and is, t...

Bacterial but no SARS-CoV-2 contamination after terminal disinfection of tertiary care intensive care units treating COVID-19 patients

In intensive care units (ICUs) treating patients with Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Invasive ventilation poses a high risk for aerosol and drop...

The effect of anticancer treatment on cancer patients with COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Some anticancer treatments have been reported to have negative influences on COVID-19-infected patients. Results: There were no significant difference...

Clinical validation of quantitative SARS-CoV-2 antigen assays to estimate SARS-CoV-2 viral loads in nasopharyngeal swabs

Expansion of testing capacity for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is an important issue. Recently, a sensitive quantitati...

A case series of children and young people admitted to a tertiary care hospital in Germany with COVID-19

Data on the course of disease and outcome in children with different comorbidities is still limited. One patient was admitted a second time with COVID...

Effect of hydroxychloroquine with or without azithromycin on the mortality of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine with or without azithromycin have been widely promoted to treat coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) The aim of this...

Therapeutic strategies for severe COVID-19: a position paper from the Italian Society of Infectious and Tropical Diseases (SIMIT)

Standard treatment for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is not well defined because the evidence, either from randomized or observational studies,...

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