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Correction to: Methylprednisolone or dexamethasone, which one is superior corticosteroid in the treatment of hospitalized COVID-19 patients: a triple-blinded randomized controlled trial

BMC Infectious Diseases volume 21, Article number: 436 (2021) Cite this article

The Original Article was published on 10 April 2021

Correction to: BMC Infect Dis 21, 337 (2021)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06045-3

Following publication of the original article [1], an error was identified in the Abstract section.

The incorrect sentence is: The patients were randomly allocated into two groups to receive either methylprednisolone (2 mg/kg/day; intervention group) or dexamethasone (6 mg/kg/day; control group).

The correct sentence is: The patients were randomly allocated into two groups to receive either methylprednisolone (2 mg/kg/day; intervention group) or dexamethasone (6 mg/day; control group).

The original article has been corrected.

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  1. Ranjbar K, et al. Methylprednisolone or dexamethasone, which one is superior corticosteroid in the treatment of hospitalized COVID-19 patients: a triple-blinded randomized controlled trial. BMC Infect Dis. 2021;21:337. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06045-3.

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  1. Thoracic and Vascular Surgery Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

    Keivan Ranjbar, Mohammad Javad Fallahi, Reza Shahriarirad & Amirhossein Erfani

  2. Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

    Keivan Ranjbar, Reza Shahriarirad, Amirhossein Erfani & Mohammad Hasan Gholampoor Saadi

  3. Health Policy research center, Institute of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

    Mohsen Moghadami & Alireza Mirahmadizadeh

  4. Non-communicable Diseases Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

    Alireza Mirahmadizadeh

  5. Department of Internal Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

    Mohammad Javad Fallahi & Zohre Khodamoradi

  6. Ali Asghar hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

    Vahid Khaloo

  7. Shiraz Geriatric Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

    Zohre Khodamoradi

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Ranjbar, K., Moghadami, M., Mirahmadizadeh, A. et al. Correction to: Methylprednisolone or dexamethasone, which one is superior corticosteroid in the treatment of hospitalized COVID-19 patients: a triple-blinded randomized controlled trial. BMC Infect Dis 21, 436 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06130-7

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