Therapy
"Potential Role of Rifabutin in Prophylaxis for Tuberculosis and Infections Due to Multiple Opportunistic Pathogens."
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, May 13th, 1996
According to the author's abstract of an article published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, "Patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease are at risk for infections caused by protozoa, fungi, viruses, bacteria, and mycobacteria. Chemoprophylaxis is being used increasingly to prevent a growing number of opportunistic infections that occur in HIV-infected patients. Multiple opportunistic pathogen prophylaxis (MOPP) is based on the concept that use of antimicrobial agents with activity against a variety of opportunistic pathogens will result in better patient compliance, reduced toxicity, fewer drug interactions, and lower cost than does the use of numerous single...
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