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. 2022 Oct 6:ciac663. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac663

Table 1.

Patient Characteristics

Acute Late
Characteristic Developed Rebound Symptoms
(n = 2)
No Rebound Symptom Development
(n = 5)
Rebound After NMV-r
(n = 6)
Rebound Without Treatment
(n = 2)
No Rebound Symptoms
(n = 1)
Gender
Male 1 (50%) 1 (20%) 3 (50%) 1 (50%) 0 (0%)
Female 1 (50%) 4 (80%) 3 (50%) 1 (50%) 1 (100%)
Age, years
 Median [min, max] 39 [33, 45] 50 [49, 65] 42.5 [33, 74] 44.5 [35, 54] 23
Comorbidity
 None 0 (0%) 1 (20%) 0 (0%) 2 (100%) 1 (100%)
 Pulmonary 1 (50%) 1 (20%) 2 (33.3%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
 Immunocompromised 1 (50%)a 1 (20%)b 2 (33.3%)c 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
 Cardiac 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 2 (33.3%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
 Other 0 (0%) 2 (40%)d 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Days from initial symptom onset to visit
 Median [min, max] 3.5 [3, 4]e 3 [1, 3] 16 [11, 17]f 19 [14, 24] 8
Initial symptoms
 Upper respiratory only 0 (0%) 2 (40%) 2 (33.3%) 1 (50%) 0 (0%)
 Upper and lower respiratory 1 (50%) 1 (20%) 1 (16.7%) 0 (0%) 1 (100%)
 Upper respiratory and constitutional 1 (50%) 1 (20%) 3 (50%) 1 (50%) 0 (0%)
 Upper respiratory, lower respiratory, and constitutional 0 (0%) 1 (20%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Receipt of NMV-r
  Recipients 2 (100%) 2 (40%) 6 (100%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
  Nonrecipients 0 (0%) 2 (40%) 0 (0%) 2 (100%) 1 (100%)
Day of illness NMV-r started
 Median [min, max] 2.5 [2, 3] 2.5 [2, 3] 2.5 [1, 4] NA NA
Day of illness symptoms returned
 Median [min, max] 13 [11, 15] NA 12.5 [11, 15] 14.5 [9, 20] NA
Number of days symptoms returned after completing NMV-r
 Median [min, max] 6 [4, 8] NA 6.5 [3, 9] NA NA

Four rebound patients repeated rapid antigen tests after initial symptom resolution. Three became negative and the fourth became weakly positive. All 4 became positive again when rebound symptoms returned.

Abbreviations: NA, not applicable; NMV-r, nirmatrelvir-ritonavir.

a

Ankylosing spondylitis on golimumab.

b

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura status post-splenectomy.

c

Multiple sclerosis on natalizumab; Ankylosing spondylitis on golimumab.

d

Primary biliary cirrhosis and obesity; epithelioid hemangioendothelioma and hypothyroidism.

e

Patients 1 and 2 were seen for acute visits 3 and 4 days from initial symptom onset, respectively.

f

Patients 1 and 2 were again seen 16 days and 11 days from initial symptom onset, respectively.