Conclusion and Implication:
In conclusion, corticosteroid therapy produced a negative prognosis as
depicted by increased mortality among COVID-19 patients. The possible
reasons might be delay in virus clearance and secondary infection due to
initiation of the corticosteroids at high dose in the early stage of
infection.
Keywords: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Coronavirus, infection,
methylprednisolone, dexamethasone, corticosteroids, mortality, death,
fatality