Increased Carriage of Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Malawian Children after Treatment for Malaria with Sulfadoxine/Pyrimethamine

Treatment of malaria with sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine and of presumed bacterial infections with trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (cotrimoxazole) was assessed to see if either increases the carriage of cotrimoxazole-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Malawian children. Children

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of infectious diseases 2000-04, Vol.181 (4), p.1501-1505
Hauptverfasser:	Feikin, Daniel R., Dowell, Scott F., Nwanyanwu, Okey C., Klugman, Keith P., Kazembe, Peter N., Barat, Lawrence M., Graf, Cristel, Bloland, Peter B., Ziba, Charles, Huebner, Robin E., Schwartz, Ben
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Antibiotics Antimalarials - therapeutic use Antimicrobials Biological and medical sciences Carrier State Child Child health services Concise Communications Disease Susceptibility Drug Resistance, Microbial Epidemiology Female Human protozoal diseases Humans Infectious diseases Malaria Malaria - drug therapy Malaria - metabolism Malawi Male Medical sciences Microbial colonization Parasitic diseases Penicillin Preventive medicine Prospective Studies Protozoal diseases Pyrimethamine - therapeutic use Streptococcus pneumoniae Streptococcus pneumoniae - drug effects Sulfadoxine - therapeutic use Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination - therapeutic use
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Zusammenfassung:	Treatment of malaria with sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine and of presumed bacterial infections with trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (cotrimoxazole) was assessed to see if either increases the carriage of cotrimoxazole-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Malawian children. Children
ISSN:	0022-1899 1537-6613
DOI:	10.1086/315382