title: Fungistatic effect of hydroxychloroquine, lessons from a case.
abstract: A 50-year-old male was prescribed with hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) after osteoarthritis was diagnosed. He had an old nail infection ofAspergillus niger. A remarkable improvement of the symptoms of fungal nail infection was seen after about four weeks of treatment with HCQ. It was very hard to detect the symptoms in the end of the second month of the treatment, both in the finger and toe nails. The symptoms were clearly recurred after HCQ was discontinued.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UCSI University, No 1, Jalan Menara Gading, Taman Connought, Cheras, 56000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Fazlollah
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Keshavarzi
keywords: Aspergillus niger; Hydroxychloroquine; Onychomycosis