id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-336227-0j0nbm9k Aranda‐Abreu, Gonzalo Emiliano Use of amantadine in a patient with SARS‐CoV‐2 2020-06-24 .txt text/plain 688 38 62 Due to a persistent cough, 500 mg of azithromycin was added for three days, but the symptoms continued, and he had to go to his community hospital, where he got a pharyngeal exudate, to do a real-time PCR test for SARS-Cov-2 which was positive. Due to a persistent cough, 500 mg of azithromycin was added for 3 days, but the symptoms continued, and he had to go to his community hospital, where he got a pharyngeal exudate, to do a real-time polymerase chain reaction test for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) which was positive. Asymptomatic family members (wife and daughter 54 and 33 years old, respectively) positive for SARS-CoV-2 were prescribed amantadine 100 mg twice daily for 14 days as a preventive measure. Family members (wife and daughter) who were in contact with the patient and also tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 took amantadine 1 100 mg twice a day for 14 days and did not develop symptoms. ./cache/cord-336227-0j0nbm9k.txt ./txt/cord-336227-0j0nbm9k.txt