TY  - JOUR
TI  - Fluorescence Reflection on Nails after the Treatment of COVID-19 with Favipiravir
AB  - Objective: Favipiravir is recommended for treatmentof COVID-19 by the Turkey National Treatment Guideline for COVID-19. It has been widely used for COVID19 infected patients in Turkey. Fluorescence of the nailswith certain topical and systemic drugs with Wood’s lampwas and reported in the English literature. This study isdesigned to determine the fluorescence effect of favipiravir in the nails of COVID-19 patients.Materials and Methods: Eighty five patients withCOVİD-19 infection who were treated with favipiravirand/or hydroxychloroquine and 50 healthy volunteers’nails were examined by Wood’s lamp. Fluorescence andtherapeutic interest were recorded. Data were compared.Results: Seventy one of the patients (83.5% ) had fluorescent nails under UV radiation in the patient group,where no fluorescence was observed in the healthy controlgroup.Conclusion: Fluorescence of the nails in the patientswith confirmed COVID-19 infection who were treatedwith favipiravir is a common finding.
AU  - YALDIZ, Mahizer
AU  - KARABAY, OĞUZ
AU  - Guclu, Ertugrul
AU  - Sevimli Dikicier, Bahar
DO  - 10.26453/otjhs.872290
PY  - 2021
JO  - Online Türk Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi
VL  - 6
IS  - 3
SN  - 2459-1467
SP  - 368
EP  - 371
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/439383
ER  -