Teicoplanin: an alternative drug for the treatment of coronavirus COVID-19?
Sophie AlexandraBaron, ChristianDevaux, PhilippeColson, DidierRaoult, Jean-MarcRolain
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2020.105944
Abstract
In December 2019, a new coronavirus, named SARS-CoV-2, has emerged from China causing pneumonia outbreaks first in the Wuhan region and have now spread worldwide because of its probable high transmission efficiency. Due to the lack of efficient and specific treatments and the need to contain the epidemic, drug repurposing appears to be the best tool to find therapeutic solution. Chloroquine, remdesivir, lopinavir, ribavirin or ritonavir have shown efficacy to inhibit coronavirus in vitro.