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What medical treatment is recommended for patients with SARS? Has new information about coronavirus changed that recommendation?

April 26, 2017changed coronavirus medical Patients recommendation recommended SARS treatment

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What medical treatment is recommended for patients with SARS? Has new information about coronavirus changed that recommendation?

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CDC currently recommends that patients with SARS receive the same treatment that would be used for any patient with serious community acquired atypical pneumonia of unknown cause. Reported treatment regimens have included antibiotics to presumptively treat known bacterial agents of atypical pneumonia. Therapy also has included antiviral agents such as oseltamivir or ribavirin. Steroids have also been administered orally or intravenously to patients in combination with ribavirin and other antimicrobials. For more information on SARS visit CDC’s SARS web site and see “Interim Information and Recommendations for Health Care Providers.” The possibility that coronavirus is the cause of SARS has not changed treatment recommendations. The new coronavirus is being tested against various antiviral drugs to see if an effective treatment can be found.