Successful Treatment of Cerebral Toxoplasmosis Using Pyrimethamine Oral Solution Compounded From Inexpensive Bulk Powder | Zendy

Hayley A Hodgson | Zendy; Taeyong Sim | Zendy; Hemil Gonzalez | Zendy; Mariam Aziz | Zendy; Yoona Rhee | Zendy; Paul Lewis | Zendy; Neel Jhobalia | Zendy; Beth Shields | Zendy; Sheila K Wang | Zendy

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Successful Treatment of Cerebral Toxoplasmosis Using Pyrimethamine Oral Solution Compounded From Inexpensive Bulk Powder

Author(s) -

Hayley A Hodgson,

Taeyong Sim,

Hemil Gonzalez,

Mariam Aziz,

Yoona Rhee,

Paul Lewis,

Neel Jhobalia,

Beth Shields,

Sheila K Wang

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofy055

Subject(s) - pyrimethamine , medicine , toxoplasmosis , toxoplasma gondii , sulfadiazine , suspension (topology) , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , virology , antibiotics , immunology , malaria , microbiology and biotechnology , plasmodium falciparum , antibody , mathematics , homotopy , pure mathematics , biology

A price increase of pyrimethamine tablets in the United States has made the life-saving drug difficult to acquire for hospitalized patients who need it most. We report the successful use of a pyrimethamine oral suspension compounded from an economical bulk powder in a patient with acute toxoplasmic encephalitis.

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