The Impact of Short-Term, Intensive Antifolate Treatment (with Pyrimethamine and Sulfadoxine) and Antibiotics Followed by Long-Term, Secondary Antifolate Prophylaxis on the Rate of Toxoplasmic Retinochoroiditis Recurrence

Piotr K. Borkowski; Joanna Brydak-Godowska; Wojciech Basiak; Karolina Świtaj; Hanna Żarnowska-Prymek; Maria Olszyńska-Krowicka; Piotr Kajfasz; Daniel Rabczenko

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004892

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The Impact of Short-Term, Intensive Antifolate Treatment (with Pyrimethamine and Sulfadoxine) and Antibiotics Followed by Long-Term, Secondary Antifolate Prophylaxis on the Rate of Toxoplasmic Retinochoroiditis Recurrence

Piotr K. Borkowski ,

* E-mail: piotr.k.borkowski@gmail.com

Affiliation Former Department of Zoonoses and Tropical Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland, present Department of Infectious, Tropical Diseases and Hepatology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
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Joanna Brydak-Godowska,

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
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Wojciech Basiak,

Affiliation Former Department of Zoonoses and Tropical Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland, present Department of Infectious, Tropical Diseases and Hepatology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
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Karolina Świtaj,

Affiliation Former Department of Zoonoses and Tropical Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland, present Department of Infectious, Tropical Diseases and Hepatology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
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Hanna Żarnowska-Prymek,

Affiliation Former Department of Zoonoses and Tropical Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland, present Department of Infectious, Tropical Diseases and Hepatology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
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Maria Olszyńska-Krowicka,

Affiliation Former Department of Zoonoses and Tropical Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland, present Department of Infectious, Tropical Diseases and Hepatology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
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Piotr Kajfasz,

Affiliation Former Department of Zoonoses and Tropical Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland, present Department of Infectious, Tropical Diseases and Hepatology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
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Daniel Rabczenko

Affiliation Department-Centre for Monitoring and Analyses of Population Health Status, National Institute of Public Health—National Institute of Hygiene, Warsaw, Poland
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The Impact of Short-Term, Intensive Antifolate Treatment (with Pyrimethamine and Sulfadoxine) and Antibiotics Followed by Long-Term, Secondary Antifolate Prophylaxis on the Rate of Toxoplasmic Retinochoroiditis Recurrence

Piotr K. Borkowski,
Joanna Brydak-Godowska,
Wojciech Basiak,
Karolina Świtaj,
Hanna Żarnowska-Prymek,
Maria Olszyńska-Krowicka,
Piotr Kajfasz,
Daniel Rabczenko

Published: August 19, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004892

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