Apparent inefficacy of hydroxychloroquine combined with azithromycin on SARS-CoV-2 clearance in an incident cohort of geriatric patients with COVID-19

Travel Med Infect Dis. 2020 Sep-Oct:37:101826. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101826. Epub 2020 Jul 31.

Authors

Maria Mazzitelli¹, Chiara Davoli², Vincenzo Scaglione², Paolo Fusco², Valentina La Gamba², Giovanni Matera³, Enrico Maria Trecarichi², Carlo Torti²

Affiliations

¹ Infectious and Tropical Disease Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Italy. Electronic address: m.mazzitelli88@gmail.com.
² Infectious and Tropical Disease Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Italy.
³ Clinical Microbiology Unit, Department of Health Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Italy.

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Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Aged
Azithromycin / therapeutic use
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
COVID-19 Drug Treatment
Coronavirus Infections* / drug therapy
Coronavirus Infections* / epidemiology
Humans
Hydroxychloroquine / therapeutic use
Pandemics*
Pneumonia, Viral*
SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus*

Substances

Hydroxychloroquine
Azithromycin