Clindamycin/primaquine as prophylaxis for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 718-722

  High, Kevin P ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPSONE; PRIMAQUINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; DERMATITIS; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MIXTURE; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; TREATMENT FAILURE; URTICARIA;

EID: 19244363256     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/23.4.718     Document Type: Article

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