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Is there any role for additional antiviral therapy during rebound from COVID-19 infection after a course of Paxlovid?
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Infectious Disease · Ut Physicians Infectious Diseases Texas Medical Center
Guidelines treat rebound mostly as an infection control issue requiring additional isolation. Treatment is not routinely recommended. Anecdotally, both in the literature and in my practice, I have encountered patients, mostly immunocompromised hosts with severe or very symptomatic rebounds who have ...
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Infectious Disease · Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Rebound after a documented case of COVID-19 can occur whether a person has taken Paxlovid or not though it appears to happen more frequently in persons who have taken Paxlovid. It typically occurs within a week after the initial episode and is typically mild. The main concern is shedding of the viru...