Treatment of COVID-19 in Pregnancy with Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin: a case report

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Giovanni Sisti https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4152-0603
Antonio Schiattarella https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2994-1093
Andrea Sisti https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6634-5613

Keywords

Azithromycin, COVID-19, SarS-CoV-2, Hydroxychloroquine, pregnancy

Abstract

The combination of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and azithromycin could represent a suitable treatment for SarS-CoV-2 positive pregnancies. The authors report one of the first cases of COVID-19 positive pregnant woman successfully treated with HCQ in April 2020.

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