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A comparison between 12 versus 20 weeks of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole as oral eradication treatment for melioidosis: an open-label, pragmatic, multicenter, non-inferiority, randomized controlled trial

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Background Treatment of melioidosis comprises intravenous drugs for at least 10 days, followed by oral trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) for 12 to 20 weeks. Oral TMP-SMX is recommended for 12 weeks in Australia and 20 weeks in Thailand.

Methods For this open-label, pragmatic, multicenter, noninferiority, randomized controlled trial, we enrolled patients with culture-confirmed melioidosis who had received oral eradication treatment for 12 week...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1093/cid/ciaa1084

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106698/Z/14/A milestone
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Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Journal:
Clinical Infectious Diseases More from this journal
Volume:
73
Issue:
11
Pages:
e3627–e3633
Publication date:
2020-07-29
Acceptance date:
2020-07-27
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EISSN:
1537-6591
ISSN:
1058-4838
Pmid:
32725199
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1124969
Local pid:
pubs:1124969
Deposit date:
2020-11-04

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