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The expanding role of co-trimoxazole in developing countries.
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Co-trimoxazole is an inexpensive, broad-spectrum antimicrobial drug that is widely used in developing countries. Before antiretroviral therapy (ART) scale-up, co-trimoxazole prophylaxis reduced morbidity and mortality in adults and children with HIV by preventing bacterial infections, diarrhoea, malaria, and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia, despite high levels of microbial resistance. Co-trimoxazole prophylaxis reduces early mortality by 58% (95% CI 39-71) in adults starting ART. Co-trimoxaz...
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- Journal:
- Lancet. Infectious diseases
- Publication date:
- 2014-11-01
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1474-4457
- ISSN:
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1473-3099
- Source identifiers:
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492070
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- English
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pubs:492070
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