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Aerosolized pentamidine, cotrimoxazole and dapsone-pyrimethamine for primary prophylaxis of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and toxoplasmic encephalitis

DOI

68

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0

References

1995

Year

Andrea Antinori, Rita Murri, Adriana Ammassari, Andrea De Luca, A. Linzalone, Antonella Cingolani, Fernando Damiano, G. Maiuro, Jacopo Vecchiet, Giancarlo Scoppettuolo,
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Abstract

Intermittent CTX was more effective than low-dose DP and showed a slight but not significant advantage on AP for primary PCP prophylaxis. DP was associated with a shorter survival. Both CTX and DP resulted in a significant reduction in the risk of TE.