Low incidence of community-acquired pneumonia among human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients after interruption of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia prophylaxis.
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serval:BIB_27237
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
Institution
Title
Low incidence of community-acquired pneumonia among human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients after interruption of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia prophylaxis.
Journal
Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Working group(s)
Swiss HIV Cohort Study
ISSN
1537-6591 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1058-4838
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2003
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
36
Number
7
Pages
917-921
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Publication Status: ppublish
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
We compared the incidence of bacterial pneumonia among 336 patients who discontinued trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) as prophylaxis against Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) with that among 75 patients who fulfilled the criteria for discontinuation but continued receiving prophylaxis. The difference in the overall incidence rates for the 2 groups (1.2 events per 100 person-years) was not statistically significant. Discontinuation of TMP-SMX prophylaxis against PCP is not associated with a significant increase in the incidence of bacterial pneumonia among patients with a sustained CD4 cell count increase to >200 cells/microL.
Keywords
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/microbiology, AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/prevention & control, Adult, Aged, Chemoprevention, Community-Acquired Infections/epidemiology, Female, Follow-Up Studies, HIV Infections/complications, Homosexuality, Male, Humans, Incidence, Male, Middle Aged, Pneumonia, Pneumocystis/prevention & control
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Pubmed
Web of science
Open Access
Yes
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