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A Randomized Trial of Prolonged Co-trimoxazole in HIV-Infected Children in Africa
Author(s) -
Mutsa BwakuraDangarembizi,
Lindsay Kendall,
Sabrina BakeeraKitaka,
Patricia Nahirya-Ntege,
Rosette Keishanyu,
Kusum Nathoo,
Moira J. Spyer,
Adeodata Kekitiinwa,
Joseph Lutaakome,
Tawanda Mhute,
Phillip Kasirye,
Paula Munderi,
Victor Musiime,
Diana M. Gibb,
A. Sarah Walker,
Andrew J. Prendergast
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1214901
Subject(s) - medicine , trimethoprim , sulfamethoxazole , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , pediatrics , antiretroviral therapy , randomized controlled trial , virology , viral load , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Co-trimoxazole (fixed-dose trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole) prophylaxis administered before antiretroviral therapy (ART) reduces morbidity in children infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). We investigated whether children and adolescents receiving long-term ART in sub-Saharan Africa could discontinue co-trimoxazole.

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