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hydroxychloroquine and Pulmonary Aspergillosis

hydroxychloroquine has been researched along with Pulmonary Aspergillosis in 1 studies

Hydroxychloroquine: A chemotherapeutic agent that acts against erythrocytic forms of malarial parasites. Hydroxychloroquine appears to concentrate in food vacuoles of affected protozoa. It inhibits plasmodial heme polymerase. (From Gilman et al., Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 9th ed, p970)
hydroxychloroquine : An aminoquinoline that is chloroquine in which one of the N-ethyl groups is hydroxylated at position 2. An antimalarial with properties similar to chloroquine that acts against erythrocytic forms of malarial parasites, it is mainly used as the sulfate salt for the treatment of lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, and light-sensitive skin eruptions.

Pulmonary Aspergillosis: Infections of the respiratory tract with fungi of the genus ASPERGILLUS.

Research Excerpts

ExcerptRelevanceReference
"Recurrences of COVID-19 were observed in a patient with long-term usage of hydroxychloroquine, leflunomide, and glucocorticoids due to her 30-year history of rheumatoid arthritis (RA)."5.05A complex COVID-19 case with rheumatoid arthritis treated with tocilizumab. ( Cai, S; Dong, L; Li, M; Sun, W, 2020)

Research

Studies (1)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19900 (0.00)18.7374
1990's0 (0.00)18.2507
2000's0 (0.00)29.6817
2010's0 (0.00)24.3611
2020's1 (100.00)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Cai, S1
Sun, W1
Li, M1
Dong, L1

Reviews

1 review available for hydroxychloroquine and Pulmonary Aspergillosis

ArticleYear
A complex COVID-19 case with rheumatoid arthritis treated with tocilizumab.
    Clinical rheumatology, 2020, Volume: 39, Issue:9

    Topics: Aged; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Antifungal Agents; Antirheumatic Agents; Antiviral Agents; Arthritis, R

2020