Management of SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Key Focus in Macrolides Efficacy for COVID-19
| العنوان: | Management of SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Key Focus in Macrolides Efficacy for COVID-19 |
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| المؤلفون: | Gaber El-Saber Batiha, Marwa A. Zayed, Aya A. Awad, Hazem M. Shaheen, Suleiman Mustapha, Oscar Herrera-Calderon, Jorge Pamplona Pagnossa, Abdelazeem M. Algammal, Muhammad Zahoor, Achyut Adhikari, Ishan Pandey, Sara T. Elazab, Kannan R. R. Rengasamy, Natália Cruz-Martins, Helal F. Hetta |
| المصدر: | Frontiers in Medicine, Vol 8 (2021) Frontiers in Medicine |
| سنة النشر: | 2020 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | 0301 basic medicine, medicine.drug_class, efficacy, 030106 microbiology, Antibiotics, Review, Azalide, medicine.disease_cause, Azithromycin, 03 medical and health sciences, Clarithromycin, medicine, Fidaxomicin, Coronavirus, azithromycin, lcsh:R5-920, Respiratory tract infections, macrolides, business.industry, SARS-CoV-2 infection, COVID-19, General Medicine, 030104 developmental biology, Infectious disease (medical specialty), Immunology, Medicine, lcsh:Medicine (General), business, medicine.drug |
| الوصف: | Macrolides (e.g., erythromycin, fidaxomicin, clarithromycin, and azithromycin) are a class of bacteriostatic antibiotics commonly employed in medicine against various gram-positive and atypical bacterial species mostly related to respiratory tract infections, besides they possess anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome of coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It was first detected in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019 and resulted in a continuing pandemic. Macrolides have been extensively researched as broad adjunctive therapy for COVID-19 due to its immunostimulant abilities. Among such class of drugs, azithromycin is described as azalide and is well-known for its ability to decrease the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines, including matrix metalloproteinases, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin (IL)-6, and IL-8. In fact, a report recently published highlighted the effectiveness of combining azithromycin and hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 treatment. Indeed, it has been underlined that azithromycin quickly prevents SARS-CoV-2 infection by raising the levels of both interferons and interferon-stimulated proteins at the same time which reduces the virus replication and release. In this sense, the current review aims to evaluate the applications of macrolides for the treatment of COVID-19. |
| تدمد: | 2296-858X |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::c4656fbbabebf37f7c59f66c6aaed976 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33937285 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....c4656fbbabebf37f7c59f66c6aaed976 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 2296858X |
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