Clindamycin with primaquine for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

Lancet. 1989 May 13;1(8646):1046-8. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(89)92446-x.

Abstract

Combined therapy with clindamycin and primaquine was used in twenty-eight episodes of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in 25 patients, of whom 17 had been unresponsive or intolerant to conventional treatment and 8 were being treated for the first time. The treatment was effective in all but two episodes, the main adverse reaction being a generalised maculopapular rash.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Clindamycin / administration & dosage
  • Clindamycin / adverse effects
  • Clindamycin / therapeutic use*
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Infusions, Intravenous
  • Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / drug therapy*
  • Primaquine / administration & dosage
  • Primaquine / adverse effects
  • Primaquine / therapeutic use*
  • Prospective Studies
  • Recurrence

Substances

  • Clindamycin
  • Primaquine