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- Title
Improved growth and anemia in HIV-infected African children taking cotrimoxazole prophylaxis.
- Authors
Prendergast, Andrew; Walker, A Sarah; Mulenga, Veronica; Chintu, Chifumbe; Gibb, Diana M
- Abstract
The impact of cotrimoxazole (CTX) on growth and/or anemia was investigated in 541 human immunodeficiency virus-infected, antiretroviral therapy-naive Zambian children enrolled in the Children with HIV Antibiotic Prophylaxis trial. Compared with children randomized to receive placebo, children randomized to receive CTX had slower decreases in weight-for-age (P=.04) and height-for-age (P=.01), and greater increase in hemoglobin level (P=.01). These findings argue for expanded early CTX use.
- Publication
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2011, Vol 52, Issue 7, p953
- ISSN
1537-6591
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/cid/cir029