Lower Early Mortality Rates Among Patients Receiving Antiretroviral Treatment at Clinics Offering Cotrimoxazole Prophylaxis in Malawi

Abstract

Patients receiving ART in Malawi at clinics offering CTX prophylaxis had significantly reduced mortality during the first 6 months of ART. This additional intervention may have the potential to improve the lives of patients on ART, because CTX is readily available and relatively inexpensive and can, in principle, be easily introduced into ART delivery programs.

Keywords

MedicineRetrospective cohort studyPediatricsMortality rateCohortHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV)Survival analysisLost to follow-upInternal medicineFamily medicine

MeSH Terms

AdolescentAdultAgedAnti-HIV AgentsCohort StudiesDose-Response RelationshipDrugFemaleHIV InfectionsHumansMalawiMaleMiddle AgedPneumoniaPneumocystisRetrospective StudiesTrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole Drug Combination

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Year: 2007
Type: article
Volume: 46
Issue: 1
Pages: 56-61
Citations: 66
Access: Closed

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                                    David Lowrance, 
                                
                                    Simon D Makombe, 
                                
                                    Anthony Harries
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2007). 
                            Lower Early Mortality Rates Among Patients Receiving Antiretroviral Treatment at Clinics Offering Cotrimoxazole Prophylaxis in Malawi. 
                            JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
                            , 46
                            (1)
                            , 56-61.
                            https://doi.org/10.1097/qai.0b013e3181378ed2
                        

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DOI: 10.1097/qai.0b013e3181378ed2
PMID: 17972365

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