Case of the index patient who caused tertiary transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 in Korea: The application of lopinavir/ritonavir for the treatment of COVID-19 pneumonia monitored by quantitative RT-PCR

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2020, Pages

  Lim, Jaegyun ^a   Jeon, Seunghyun ^b   Shin, Hyun Young ^a   Kim, Moon Jung ^a   Seong, Yu Min ^b   Lee, Wang Jun ^b   Choe, Kang Won ^b   Kang, Yu Min ^b   Lee, Baeckseung ^c   Park, Sang Joon ^b  

^a Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang Medical Center   (South Korea)

^c CancerROP   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Coronavirus; COVID 19; Pneumonia; Real time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; Tertiary infection; Viral load

Indexed keywords

COVID-19; CYTOCHROME P450 3A INHIBITOR; LOPINAVIR; LOPINAVIR-RITONAVIR DRUG COMBINATION; RITONAVIR; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2;

BETACORONAVIRUS; CASE REPORT; CHINA; COMPLICATION; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DRUG COMBINATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; SOUTH KOREA; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

BETACORONAVIRUS; CHINA; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP3A INHIBITORS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HUMANS; LOPINAVIR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RITONAVIR; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 85079360064     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2020.35.e79     Document Type: Article

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