title: [Side effects of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole in patients with AIDS].
abstract: Forty-nine episodes of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, treated with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole among 46 patients with AIDS were analysed retrospectively for any side effects. For only two were there insufficient data. There were 39 toxic reactions, 15 of them serious: leukopenia (n = 23), abnormal liver functions (n = 14), skin changes (n = 12), gastrointestinal complaints (n = 10) and thrombocytopenia (n = 9). In nine patients the treatment had to be discontinued, in six of them so early that a switch to pentamidine was necessary. Gastrointestinal symptoms occurred as early as the sixth day of treatment, while leukopenia and thrombocytopenia were first observed after 12-13 days. Despite the high rate of side effects trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole remains the drugs of choice, other regimens not having been found to be any better.
authors.affiliation: II. Medizinische Klinik, Freien Universität Berlin.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Weinke
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sixt
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: de Matos-Marques
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ruf
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Pohle
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004338:Drug Combinations / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013420:Sulfamethoxazole / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014295:Trimethoprim / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D004338:Drug Combinations; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination; D014295:Trimethoprim; D013420:Sulfamethoxazole
vernacular_title: Nebenwirkungen durch Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazol bei Patienten mit AIDS.