Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis and risk of severe anemia or severe neutropenia in HAART-exposed, HIV-uninfected infants.

Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis and risk of severe anemia or severe neutropenia in HAART-exposed, HIV-uninfected infants.

Prophylactic cotrimoxazole is recommended for infants born to HIV-infected mothers. However, cotrimoxazole may increase the risk of severe anemia or neutropenia.We compared the proportion of HIV-exposed uninfected (HIV-EU) infants experiencing incident severe anemia (and separately, severe neutropen...

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Main Authors: Scott Dryden-Peterson, Oluwemimo Jayeoba, Michael D Hughes, Haruna Jibril, Kenneth McIntosh, Taolo A Modise, Aida Asmelash, Kathleen M Powis, Max Essex, Roger L Shapiro, Shahin Lockman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3781096?pdf=render

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