Oral Therapy for<i>Pneumocystis carinii</i>Pneumonia in the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Abstract

In patients with AIDS, oral therapy with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and with trimethoprim-dapsone are equally effective for mild-to-moderate first episodes of P. carinii pneumonia, but with trimethoprim-dapsone there are fewer serious adverse reactions than with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.