Triple therapy with hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin, and ciclesonide for COVID-19 pneumonia
Mori et al.,
Triple therapy with hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin, and ciclesonide for COVID-19 pneumonia,
Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, doi:10.1016/j.jmii.2020.09.003
Small case study of 5 patients in Japan showing improvement with HCQ+AZ+ciclesonide.
Mori et al., 5 Oct 2020, peer-reviewed, 3 authors.
Abstract: Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection (2021) 54, 109e112
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Short Communication
Triple therapy with hydroxychloroquine,
azithromycin, and ciclesonide for COVID-19
pneumonia
Nobuaki Mori a,*, Mitsuya Katayama a, Shigenari Nukaga b
a
Department of General Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, National Hospital Organization,
Tokyo Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
b
Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization, Tokyo Medical Center, Tokyo,
Japan
Received 13 May 2020; received in revised form 24 August 2020; accepted 9 September 2020
Available online 5 October 2020
KEYWORDS
COVID-19;
SARS-CoV-2;
Pneumonia;
Hydroxychloroquine;
Azithromycin;
Ciclesonide;
Therapy;
Reverse
transcription-PCR
Abstract No specific therapy is available for COVID-19. We report the effectiveness and
adverse effects of triple therapy with hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin, and ciclesonide in
patients with COVID-19 pneumonia. The clinical condition of the patients improved within 5
days in response to the therapy.
Copyright ª 2020, Taiwan Society of Microbiology. Published by Elsevier Taiwan LLC. This is an
open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/bync-nd/4.0/).
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