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Volume 27, Number 10—October 2021

Research Letter

Nocardiosis in Immunocompromised Patients on Alternative Pneumocystis Prophylaxis

Alfredo G. PuingComments to Author , David J. Epstein, Niaz Banaei, Aruna K. Subramanian, and Anne Y. Liu
Author affiliations: City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, USA (A.G. Puing); Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA (A.G. Puing, D.J. Epstein, N. Banaei, A.K. Subramanian, A.Y. Liu)

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Reasons for TMP/SMX avoidance and TMP/SMX rechallenge outcomes among immunocompromised patients in whom TMP/SMX prophylaxis for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia prophylaxis was avoided, Stanford, California, USA. *Failed TMP/SMX introduction because of rash or GI symptoms that were not severe. †Developed intractable nausea and vomiting after TMP/SMX was introduced and did not tolerate rechallenge. GI, gastrointestinal; TMP/SMX, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole.

Figure. Reasons for TMP/SMX avoidance and TMP/SMX rechallenge outcomes among immunocompromised patients in whom TMP/SMX prophylaxis for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia prophylaxis was avoided, Stanford, California, USA. *Failed TMP/SMX introduction because of rash or GI symptoms that were not severe. †Developed intractable nausea and vomiting after TMP/SMX was introduced and did not tolerate rechallenge. GI, gastrointestinal; TMP/SMX, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole.

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