In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin discusses progress toward measles elimination, risk of severe coronavirus disease 2019 despite vaccination in patients requiring treatment with immune-suppressive drugs, symptoms, viral loads, and rebound among COVID-19 outpatients treated with nirmatrelvir/ritonavir compared to propensity score matched untreated individuals, late administration and corticosteroid usage explain inefficacy in COVID-19 convalescent plasma trial, higher-dose fluvoxamine and time to sustained recovery in outpatients with COVID-19, recombinant C1 inhibitor in the prevention of severe COVID-19, and Epstein-Barr virus reactivation is not causative for post-COVID-19-syndrome in individuals with asymptomatic or mild SARS-CoV-2 disease course.
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- Progress toward measles elimination (CDC) 9:10
- Risk of severe COVID-19 despite vaccination in patients using immune-suppressive drugs (TID) 13:38
- Symptoms, viral loads, and rebound among COVID-19 outpatients treated with nirmatrelvir/ritonavir compared to untreated individuals (CID) 20:24
- Late administration and corticosteroid usage explain inefficacy in COVID-19 convalescent plasma trial (JID) 28:42
- Higher-dose fluvoxamine and time to sustained recovery in outpatients with COVID-19 (JAMA) 30:54
- Recombinant C1 inhibitor in the prevention of severe COVID-19 (FII) 35:16
- Epstein-Barr virus reactivation is not causative for post-COVID-19-syndrome in individuals with SARS-CoV-2 disease course (BMC) 36:16
- Contribute to our MicrobeTV fundraiser at PWB 41:56
- Letters read on TWiV on TWiV 1064 42:23
- Dr. Griffin’s COVID treatment summary (pdf)
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
Send your questions for Dr. Griffin to daniel@microbe.tv
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