The Safety and Effectiveness of Clarithromycin Plus Zidovudine or Dideoxyinosine in the Treatment of Mycobacterium Avium Complex (MAC) Infections in Children With AIDS

Summary

To evaluate three doses of clarithromycin in children with AIDS and Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection who are receiving concurrent antiretroviral therapy. Before more extensive evaluation of this promising drug for treatment of MAC infection in children can be done, it is important to study the pharmacokinetics of this drug in this population, to get information regarding its use in pediatric patients receiving currently available antiretroviral drugs, and to get information on the antimycobacterial activity of this drug.

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• Background Husson RN, Ross LA, Sandelli S, Inderlied CB, Venzon D, Lewis LL, Woods L, Conville PS, Witebsky FG, Pizzo PA. Orally administered clarithromycin for the treatment of systemic Mycobacterium avium complex infection in children with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. J Pediatr. 1994 May;124(5 Pt 1):807-14. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(05)81380-0.

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