Possibility of deterioration of respiratory status when steroids precede antiviral drugs in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia: A retrospective study

• Yu Shionoya,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6706-5595

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• Toshibumi Taniguchi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan

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• Hajime Kasai ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: daikasai6075@yahoo.co.jp

  Affiliations Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan, Health Professional Development Center, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6759-2026

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• Noriko Sakuma,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

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• Shun Imai,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

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• Kohei Shikano,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8781-2367

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• Shin Takayanagi,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Matsudo City General Hospital Department of Infectious Diseases, Matsudo, Japan

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• Misuzu Yahaba,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan

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• Taka-aki Nakada,

  Roles Investigation, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan

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• Hidetoshi Igari,

  Roles Investigation, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan

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• Seiichiro Sakao,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

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• Takuji Suzuki

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

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