No effect of remdesivir or betamethasone on upper respiratory tract SARS-CoV-2 RNA kinetics in hospitalised COVID-19 patients: a retrospective observational study.
Birger SouranderLars-Magnus AnderssonMagnus BrinkAylin YilmazNicklas SundellEmelie MarklundStaffan NilssonMagnus LindhJosefina RobertsonMagnus GisslenPublished in: Infectious diseases (London, England) (2022)
Since SARS-CoV-2 RNA kinetics was not affected by treatment, repeated sampling from the upper respiratory tract cannot be used to evaluate treatment response.