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  • Title: Treatment of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonitis with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.
    Author: Hughes WT, Feldman S, Sanyal SK.
    Journal: Can Med Assoc J; 1975 Jun 14; 112(13 Spec No):47-50. PubMed ID: 1079469.
    Abstract:
    Pneumocystis carinii pneumonitis (PCP) is fatal in 90 to 100% of the cases if no treatment is given. Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) was used at one of two dosage levels in the treatment of 20 children with PCP and cancer. Of 14 patients treated with 20 mg TMP--100 mg SMX/kgd, 12 recovered and 2 died. Treatment of the fatal cases and one of the patients who recovered was supplemented with pentamidine. When six patients were treated with 4 to 7 mg TMP--20 to 35 mg SMX/kgd, four recovered and two died. Both fatal cases and one of the patients who recovered were also treated with pentamidine. There was no significant adverse effects from TMP-SMX.
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