Sulfadiazine

Sulfadiazine is an approved antibiotic for treating meningococcal meningitis. For people with HIV it is most commonly used in combination with pyrimethamine (Daraprim) for treating Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) or toxoplasmosis.

It is the drug which causes the highest rate of allergic skin reactions: 20% of recipients can expect significant side-effects during a course of treatment.1

References

  1. Coopman SA et al. Cutaneous disease and drug reactions in HIV infection. N Engl J Med 328: 1670-1674, 1993

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