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Results: Clinical and microbiological effect of a combination of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin in 80 COVID-19 patients with at least a six-day follow up: A pilot observational study

  • The mean time between the onset of symptoms and the initiation of treatment was 4.9 days
  • A total of 79/80 patients received treatment on a daily basis throughout the whole study period
  • (65/80, 81.3%) of patients had favorable outcome and were discharged from our unit at the time of writing with low NEWS scores (61/65, 93.8%) -A significant decrease of nasopharyngeal viral load tested by qPCR was noted, with 83% negative at Day7, and 93% at Day8
  • The number of patients contagious (with a PCR Ct value < 34) steadily decreased overtime and reached zero on Day 12
  • mean time from initiation to discharge was 4.1 days with a mean length of stay of 4.6 days, for the 65 patients who were discharged during the study period

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Updated 2020-08-07

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SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)

Biomedical Sciences