Cotrimoxazole Prophylaxis Selects for Antimicrobial Resistance in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Exposed, Uninfected Infants

Claire D Bourke^{1

2}, Ceri Evans^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Genomics and Child Health, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom.
² Zvitambo Institute for Maternal and Child Health Research, Harare, Zimbabwe.

Comment

Claire D Bourke et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2020.

. 2020 Dec 31;71(11):2869-2871.

doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz1193.

Claire D Bourke^{1

2}, Ceri Evans^{1

2}

¹ Centre for Genomics and Child Health, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom.
² Zvitambo Institute for Maternal and Child Health Research, Harare, Zimbabwe.

No abstract available

Keywords: HIV-exposed uninfected; antibiotics; antimicrobial resistance; cotrimoxazole; infants; microbiome.

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Cotrimoxazole Prophylaxis Increases Resistance Gene Prevalence and α-Diversity but Decreases β-Diversity in the Gut Microbiome of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Exposed, Uninfected Infants.
D'Souza AW, Moodley-Govender E, Berla B, Kelkar T, Wang B, Sun X, Daniels B, Coutsoudis A, Trehan I, Dantas G. D'Souza AW, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Dec 31;71(11):2858-2868. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz1186. Clin Infect Dis. 2020. PMID: 31832638 Free PMC article.

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