Two-day oral desensitization to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole in HIV-infected patients

AIDS

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 573-575

  Nguyen, Minh Thu ^a   Weiss, Peter J ^a   Wallace, Mark R ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug allergy in HIV trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole intolerance; Pneumocystis carinii prophylaxis; Trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole desensitization

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DESENSITIZATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MYALGIA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RASH; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0028998177     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199506000-00007     Document Type: Article

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