Treatment with hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin, and combination in patients hospitalized with COVID-19

• Published in: International journal of infectious diseases Vol. 97; pp. 396 - 403
• Main Authors: Arshad, Samia, Kilgore, Paul, Chaudhry, Zohra S., Jacobsen, Gordon, Wang, Dee Dee, Huitsing, Kylie, Brar, Indira, Alangaden, George J., Ramesh, Mayur S., McKinnon, John E., O’Neill, William, Zervos, Marcus, Nauriyal, Varidhi, Hamed, Asif Abdul, Nadeem, Owais, Swiderek, Jennifer, Godfrey, Amanda, Jennings, Jeffrey, Gardner-Gray, Jayna, Ackerman, Adam M., Lezotte, Jonathan, Ruhala, Joseph, Fadel, Raef, Vahia, Amit, Gudipati, Smitha, Parraga, Tommy, Shallal, Anita, Maki, Gina, Tariq, Zain, Suleyman, Geehan, Yared, Nicholas, Herc, Erica, Williams, Johnathan, Lanfranco, Odaliz Abreu, Bhargava, Pallavi, Reyes, Katherine
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2020; The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases; Elsevier
• Subjects: Aged; Azithromycin - therapeutic use; Betacoronavirus; Coronavirus; Coronavirus Infections - drug therapy; Coronavirus Infections - mortality; COVID-19; Drug Therapy, Combination; Female; Hospital Mortality; Hospitalization; Humans; Hydroxychloroquine; Hydroxychloroquine - therapeutic use; Inpatients; Male; Middle Aged; Mortality; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral - drug therapy; Pneumonia, Viral - mortality; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; SARS-COV-2; Therapy; COVID-19; Therapy; Hydroxychloroquine; Coronavirus; SARS-COV-2; Mortality

•As of May 27, 2020 there are over 1,678,843 confirmed cases of COVID-19 claiming more than 100,000 lives in the Unites States. Currently there is no known effective therapy or vaccine.•According to a protocol-based treatment algorithm, among hospitalized patients, use of hydroxychloroquine alone an...