Fungistatic effect of hydroxychloroquine, lessons from a case.
作者信息
Keshavarzi Fazlollah
机构信息
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UCSI University, No 1, Jalan Menara Gading, Taman Connought, Cheras, 56000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
出版信息
Med Mycol Case Rep. 2016 Sep 21;13:17-18. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2016.09.003. eCollection 2016 Sep.
Abstract
A 50-year-old male was prescribed with hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) after osteoarthritis was diagnosed. He had an old nail infection of . A remarkable improvement of the symptoms of fungal nail infection was seen after about four weeks of treatment with HCQ. It was very hard to detect the symptoms in the end of the second month of the treatment, both in the finger and toe nails. The symptoms were clearly recurred after HCQ was discontinued.
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