Cutaneous side effects of hydroxychloroquine in health care workers in a COVID referral hospital - implications for clinical practice.

Kabir Sardana Sinu Rose MathachanDesh DeepakAnanta Khurana Surabhi Sinha

Published in: The Journal of dermatological treatment (2020)

The utility of hydroxychloroquine for the prophylaxis and treatment of alarmingly rising COVID-19 infection has been widely explored in several studies. However, its cutaneous adverse effects among health care workers and COVID patients taking prophylactic doses has not been reported. We report cases of palmoplantar among health care workers who were on prophylactic doses of hydroxychloroquine and their management with cetirizine and methylprednisolone.

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clinical practice
coronavirus disease
primary care
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emergency department
case control
adverse drug
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