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            <journal-id journal-id-type="issn">0973-7510</journal-id>
            <journal-title-group>
                <journal-title>Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology</journal-title>
            </journal-title-group>
            <issn pub-type="epub">2581-690X</issn>
            <publisher>
                <publisher-name>DR. M.N. Khan</publisher-name>
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            <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22207/JPAM.16.1.28</article-id>
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                <article-title>Osteoarthritis, Corticosteroids and Role of CYP Genes in COVID-19 Patients: A Mini Review</article-title>
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				<contrib contrib-type="author">
                    <name>
                        <surname>Adiga</surname>
                        <given-names>Usha</given-names>
                    </name>
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						<contrib contrib-type="author">
                    <name>
                        <surname>Adiga</surname>
                        <given-names>Sachidananda</given-names>
                    </name>
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                </contrib>
				
				
				
				
					<contrib contrib-type="author">
                    <name>
                        <surname>Suryakanth</surname>
                        <given-names>Varashree Bolar</given-names>
                    </name>
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				<contrib contrib-type="author">
                    <name>
                        <surname>Menambath</surname>
                        <given-names>Desy Thayyil</given-names>
                    </name>
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          <aff id="aff-1">Department of Biochemistry, KS Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte (Deemed to be University), Mangalore – 575 018, Karnataka, India.</aff>
			 <aff id="aff-2">Department of Pharmacology, KS Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte (Deemed to be University), Mangalore – 575 018, Karnataka, India.</aff>
			  <aff id="aff-3">Department of Biochemistry, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal – 576 104, Karnataka, India.</aff>
			 			
			
            <pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2022-02-15">
                <day>15</day>
				<month>02</month>
                <year>2022</year>
            </pub-date>
            <volume>16</volume>
            <issue>1</issue>
            <fpage>18</fpage>
            <lpage>25</lpage>
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                <copyright-statement>Copyright &#x00A9; 2022 The Author(s)</copyright-statement>
                <copyright-year>2022</copyright-year>
                <license license-type="open-access"
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                    <license-p>This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License which permits unrestricted use, sharing, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.<uri 
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            <self-uri xlink:href="https://microbiologyjournal.org/osteoarthritis-corticosteroids-and-role-of-cyp-genes-in-covid-19-patients-a-mini-review/"/>
            <abstract>
                <p> Objectives of this review is to evaluate the role of cytochrome P450 gene polymorphisms in COVID-19 infected patients with pre-existing  OA on corticosteroids. The purpose of this review is to analyze whether polymorphisms of Cytochrome p450 isoforms (CYP2C9 and CYP3A4) affect the dosage of steroids in OA patients in COVID-19 infected patients. This review may provide more therapeutic options; suggest a few guidelines which may be useful in managing COVID-19 patients with pre-existing osteoarthritis. The important role of corticosteroids in treating patients infected with COVID-19 with preexisting osteoarthritis, its influence on incidence of mortality or morbidity may be highlighted. The influence of CYP enzymes and their polymorphisms suggest safety of treatments as well as the possible need for the dosage adjustment or their discontinuation. </p>
		</abstract>
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        <title>Keywords</title>
        <kwd>COVID-19</kwd>
        <kwd>Osteoarthritis</kwd>
		<kwd>Corticosteroids</kwd>
		<kwd>Cytochrome P450</kwd>
        <kwd>Polymorphism</kwd>
		
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