Kim T, Kim SH, Park KH, Cho OH, Sung H, Kim MN, Choi SH, Jeong JY, Woo JH, Kim YS, Lee SO
Clindamycin-primaquine versus pentamidine for the second-line treatment of pneumocystis pneumonia. [Journal Article]
J Infect Chemother 2009 Oct; 15(5):343-6.
There are limited data on the efficacy of alternative regimens for treating patients with pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP). We compared the efficacy of clindamycin-primaquine (C-P) with that of pentamidine as a secondline treatment for PCP. Among 91 patients receiving trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) as a first-line treatment for PCP, 31 (34%) did not respond and 7 (8%) had adverse reactions. Fourteen patients received C-P and 9 received pentamidine as a second-line regimen because of treatment failure or an adverse reaction to TMP-SMX. The response rate of patients to C-P was higher than the response rate to pentamidine (9/14; 64% vs 1/9; 11%; P = 0.03).
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