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Oral trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole in the treatment of cerebral toxoplasmosis in AIDS patients - a prospective study


P Francis
V B Patel
P L A Bill
A I Bhigjee

Abstract

Toxoplasma encephalitis is the commonest cause of intracranial mass lesions in AIDS patients, Effective therapy includes pyrimethamine plus sulfadiazine, dindamycin with pyrimethamine, and co-trimoxazole. This study examines the efficacy of oral co-trimoxazole in 20 AIDS patients with toxoplasmosis and seeks to confirm the experience of Torre et al.


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eISSN: 2078-5135
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