Chronic use of hydroxychloroquine did not protect against COVID-19 in a large cohort of patients with rheumatic diseases in Brazil

Abstract Background There is a lack of information on the role of chronic use of hydroxychloroquine during the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak. Our aim was to compare the occurrence of COVID-19 between rheumatic disease patients on hydroxychloroquine with individuals from the same household not taking the drug...

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Main Authors: Gecilmara Salviato Pileggi, Gilda Aparecida Ferreira, Ana Paula Monteiro Gomides Reis, Edgard Torres Reis-Neto, Mirhelen Mendes Abreu, Cleandro Pires Albuquerque, Nafice Costa Araújo, Ana Beatriz Bacchiega, Dante Valdetaro Bianchi, Blanca Bica, Eloisa Duarte Bonfa, Eduardo Ferreira Borba, Danielle Christinne Soares Egypto Brito, Ângela Luzia Branco Pinto Duarte, Rafaela Cavalheiro Espírito Santo, Paula Reale Fernandes, Mariana Peixoto Guimarães, Kirla Wagner Poti Gomes, Adriana Maria Kakehasi, Evandro Mendes Klumb, Cristina Costa Duarte Lanna, Claudia Diniz Lopes Marques, Odirlei André Monticielo, Licia Maria Henrique Mota, Gabriela Araújo Munhoz, Eduardo Santos Paiva, Helena Lucia Alves Pereira, José Roberto Provenza, Sandra Lucia Euzébio Ribeiro, Laurindo Ferreira Rocha Junior, Camila Santana Justo Cintra Sampaio, Vanderson Souza Sampaio, Emília Inoue Sato, Thelma Skare, Viviane Angelina de Souza, Valeria Valim, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães Lacerda, Ricardo Machado Xavier, Marcelo Medeiros Pinheiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-10-01
Series:Advances in Rheumatology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s42358-021-00217-0