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Does cotrimoxazole prophylaxis for the prevention of HIV-associated opportunistic infections select for resistant pathogens in Kenyan adults?
(The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2008)
We assessed the effect of daily cotrimoxazole, essential for HIV care, on development of antifolateresistant Plasmodium falciparum, naso-pharyngeal Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus), and commensal Escherichia coli. ...
Anna M van Eijk, Peter O Ouma, John Williamson, Feiko O Ter Kuile, Monica Parise, Kephas Otieno, Mary J Hamel, John G Ayisi, Simon Kariuki, Piet A Kager, Laurence Slutsker
(The University of Chicago Press, 2008)
Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) inhibits folate metabolism by
the malaria parasite.We investigated the association between folate levels and SP failure in pregnant women. Data from a trial to
assess the effect that folate ...