Hydroxychloroquine pre-exposure prophylaxis for COVID-19 in healthcare workers

Boris Revollo¹, Cristian Tebe², Judith Peñafiel², Ignacio Blanco³, Nuria Perez-Alvarez^{1

4}, Ruth Lopez⁵, Laura Rodriguez⁶, Josep Ferrer⁷, Pilar Ricart⁸, Enrique Moret⁹, Cristina Tural⁷, Anna Carreres¹⁰, Joan Matllo⁵, Sebastià Videla^{1

11}, Bonaventura Clotet^{1

12

13}, Josep M Llibre¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases and FLS Foundation for Fighting AIDS, Infectious Diseases and Promoting Health and Science, University Hospital Germans Trias, Badalona, Spain.
² Biostatistics Unit, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL)/University of Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.
³ Metropolitana Nord Laboratory, Institut Català de la Salut, Badalona, Spain.
⁴ Statistics and Operations Research Department, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-Barcelona Tech, Barcelona, Spain.
⁵ Occupational Risk Prevention Unit, University Hospital Germans Trias, Badalona, Spain.
⁶ Pulmonary Medicine, University Hospital Germans Trias, Badalona, Spain.
⁷ Internal Medicine Department, University Hospital Germans Trias, Badalona, Spain.
⁸ Intensive Care Unit Division, University Hospital Germans Trias, Badalona, Spain.
⁹ Anaesthesiology Department, University Hospital Germans Trias, Badalona, Spain.
¹⁰ Emergency Department, University Hospital Germans Trias, Badalona, Spain.
¹¹ Clinical Research Support Unit, Clinical Pharmacology Department, Bellvitge University Hospital/Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL)/University of Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.
¹² Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya (UVIC-UCC), Vic, Spain.
¹³ Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain.

Boris Revollo et al. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2021.

. 2021 Feb 11;76(3):827-829.

doi: 10.1093/jac/dkaa477.

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases and FLS Foundation for Fighting AIDS, Infectious Diseases and Promoting Health and Science, University Hospital Germans Trias, Badalona, Spain.
² Biostatistics Unit, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL)/University of Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.
³ Metropolitana Nord Laboratory, Institut Català de la Salut, Badalona, Spain.
⁴ Statistics and Operations Research Department, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-Barcelona Tech, Barcelona, Spain.
⁵ Occupational Risk Prevention Unit, University Hospital Germans Trias, Badalona, Spain.
⁶ Pulmonary Medicine, University Hospital Germans Trias, Badalona, Spain.
⁷ Internal Medicine Department, University Hospital Germans Trias, Badalona, Spain.
⁸ Intensive Care Unit Division, University Hospital Germans Trias, Badalona, Spain.
⁹ Anaesthesiology Department, University Hospital Germans Trias, Badalona, Spain.
¹⁰ Emergency Department, University Hospital Germans Trias, Badalona, Spain.
¹¹ Clinical Research Support Unit, Clinical Pharmacology Department, Bellvitge University Hospital/Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL)/University of Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.
¹² Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya (UVIC-UCC), Vic, Spain.
¹³ Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain.

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