HIV/AIDS Therapy
New findings from St. George's University, Center of Infection describe advances in HIV/AIDS therapy
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, April 10th, 2007
A report, "Oral versus intravenous flucytosine in patients with human immunodeficiency virus-associated cryptococcal meningitis," is newly published data in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. According to recent research from the United Kingdom, "In a randomized controlled trial of amphotericin B-based therapy for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated cryptococcal meningitis in Thailand, we also compared the mycological efficacy, toxicity, and pharmacokinetics of oral versus intravenous flucytosine at 100 mg/kg of body weight/day for the initial 2 weeks. Half of 32 patients assigned to the two arms containing flucytosine were randomized to oral and half to intravenous...
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