id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-292880-zegtr19k Hu, Fuying Corticosteroid, oseltamivir and delayed admission are independent risk factors for prolonged viral shedding in patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 2020-08-13 .txt text/plain 3794 242 52 title: Corticosteroid, oseltamivir and delayed admission are independent risk factors for prolonged viral shedding in patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 Here, we reviewed medical records of patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 in Tianmen, a city in Hubei province adjacent to Wuhan, to describe the clinical features, epidemiological characteristics and risk factors associated with prolonged viral shedding of COVID-19. Time from illness onset to hospital admission (P < 0.001), radiographic extent (P = 0.002), lymphocyte count (P = 0.038), albumin (P = 0.046), hs-CRP (P = 0.010), and prescription of antibiotics (P < 0.001), arbidol (P = 0.020), oseltamivir (P <0.001), corticosteroid (P < 0.001) and immunoglobulin (P < 0.001) were also associated with prolonged viral shedding. In the present study, we described the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients in Tianmen city, Hubei province, and concluded that delayed admission, and prescription of corticosteroid and oseltamivir were significantly associated with prolonged viral shedding. ./cache/cord-292880-zegtr19k.txt ./txt/cord-292880-zegtr19k.txt