Randomized controlled trial of pyrimethamine plus sulfadiazine versus trimethoprim plus sulfamethoxazole for treatment of toxoplasmic encephalitis in AIDS patients

Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-16

  Kongsaengdao, Subsai ^a,d   Samintarapanya, Kanoksri ^b   Oranratnachai, Kanokporn ^c   Prapakarn, Wantana ^c   Apichartpiyakul, Chatchawann ^c  

^a RAJAVITHI HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^b Lumpang Hospital   (Thailand)

^c Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^d RANGSIT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

AIDS; cerebral toxoplasmosis; pyrimethamine; sulfadiazine; sulfamethoxazole; Toxoplasma gondii; toxoplasmic encephalitis; toxoplasmosis; trimethoprim

Indexed keywords

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADIAZINE;

ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADIAZINE; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 77955660977     PISSN: 15451097     EISSN: 15570886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545109707301244     Document Type: Article

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