Daily co-trimoxazole prophylaxis in severely immunosuppressed HIV-infected adults in Africa started on combination antiretroviral therapy: an observational analysis of the DART cohort.

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Published in Lancet on March 27, 2010

Authors

A S Walker1, D Ford, C F Gilks, P Munderi, F Ssali, A Reid, E Katabira, H Grosskurth, P Mugyenyi, J Hakim, J H Darbyshire, D M Gibb, A G Babiker

Author Affiliations

1: MRC Clinical Trials Unit, London, UK. asw@ctu.mrc.ac.uk

Associated clinical trials:

Discontinuation of Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole Prophylaxis in Adults on Antiretroviral Therapy in Kenya | NCT01425073

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