Successful desensitization to dapsone for Pneumocystis carinii prophylaxis in an HIV-positive patient

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1302-1305

  Cook, Donna E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dapsone; Desensitization; Hypersensitivity; Pneumo cystis carinii pneumonia; Trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPSONE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DESENSITIZATION; DRUG TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DAPSONE; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 0032427846     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.17441     Document Type: Article

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