Recent news on Co-Trimoxazole

Continuing Medical Education XVII  -  May 22, 2007
Newindpress (subscription),Sulphonamides: Examples include sul phacetamide, sulphadoxine, sulphasoxa zole and co-trimoxazole. ¦ Others: Examples include chloram phenicol and mupirocin

Astellas Pharma: telavancin enters EU battle for MRSA market share  -  May 2, 2007
Pharmaceutical Business Review...such as co-trimoxazole, clindamycin, minocycline, fluoroquinolones and doxicycline, none of which provide a comprehensive solution to MRSA management.

AIDS ravages poor children needlessly  -  Apr 17, 2007
Reuters.uk,...the antibiotic co-trimoxazole, which the WHO recommends for children with HIV and those born to HIV-infected mothers when early diagnosis is impossible.

HIV infection in kids detected late  -  Apr 15, 2007
Times of India,Late testing also means delayed initiation of co-trimoxazole prophylaxis which prevents life threatening opportunistic infections in infancy.

Antiretroviral Therapy Access Increases In Developing Countries ...  -  Apr 19, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Only 4% of HIV-positive children received the antibiotic co-trimoxazole, recommended by WHO for HIV-positive children and infants who contracted the virus

Poor Children Bear Brunt of AIDS: UN  -  Apr 18, 2007
Journal of Turkish Weekly,It added that only four percent of the infected children in 2006 were given the antibiotic co-trimoxazole, which the WHO recommends for children with HIV

Aids ravages poor children needlessly - report  -  Apr 17, 2007
Pretoria News (subscription),Just 15% of the 780000 children in need of HIV treatment had access to it by the end of last year, and only 4% were given the antibiotic co-trimoxazole,

Many child HIV deaths preventable  -  Apr 17, 2007
MWC News,The WHO recommends that children with HIV and those born to HIV-infected mothers are given the antibiotic co-trimoxazole, but the report found that only

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