Co-trimoxazole prophylaxis in African children with HIV-1 [2] (multiple letters)

Lancet

Volumn 365, Issue 9461, 2005, Pages 749-750

  Madhi, Shabir A ^a   Zar, Heather J ^b   Saloojee, Haroon ^c   Gray, Glenda E ^c   Gibb, D M ^d   Chintu, C ^e   Bhat, G J ^e   Walker, A S ^d   Nunn, A J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d Med Res Cncl Clinical Trials Unit   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

AFRICA; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 14644408069     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)17974-4     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

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2. National Pediatric and Family HIV Resource Center and National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1995 revised guidelines for prophylaxis against Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia for children infected with or perinatally exposed to human immunodeficiency virus MMWR Recomm Rep 44 RR-4 1995 1 11
3. World Health Organization, UNAIDS Provisional WHO/UNAIDS secretariat recommendations on the use of cotrimoxazole prophylaxis in adults and children living with HIV/AIDS in Africa http://www.unaids.org/html/pub/publications/irc-pub04/recommendation_en_pdf.pdf (accessed Nov 29, 2004)
4. C Chintu V Mudenda S Lucas Lung diseases at necropsy in African children dying from respiratory illnesses: a descriptive necropsy study Lancet 360 2002 985 990
5. DD Ruffini SA Madhi The high burden of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in African HIV-1-infected children hospitalized for severe pneumonia AIDS 16 2002 105 112