Infect Chemother.  2020 Sep;52(3):396-402. 10.3947/ic.2020.52.3.396.

Early Hydroxychloroquine Administration for Rapid Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Eradication

Affiliations
  • 1Division of Pulmonology and Allergy, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University and Regional Center for Respiratory Diseases, Yeungnam University Medical Center, Daegu, Korea
  • 2Division of Infection, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Yeungnam University Medical Center, Daegu, Korea
  • 3Department of Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Yeungnam University Medical Center, Daegu, Korea
  • 4Center for BioMicrosystems, Brain Science Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, Korea
  • 5Aging Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, Korea

Abstract

There are no proven therapeutics for Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia outbreak. We observed and analyzed the clinical efficacy of the most used hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) for 30 days. In this study, administration of HCQ <5 days from diagnosis (odds ratio: 0.111, 95% confidence interval: 0.034 - 0.367, P = 0.001) was the only protective factor for prolonging of viral shedding in COVID-19 patients. Early administration of HCQ significantly ameliorates inflammatory cytokine secretion by eradicating COVID-19, at discharge. Our findings suggest that patients confirmed of COVID-19 infection should be administrated HCQ as soon as possible.

Keyword

Early; Hydroxychloroquine; Coronavirus disease 2019; Eradication
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