Does cotrimoxazole prophylaxis in HIV patients increase the drug resistance of pneumococci? A comparative cross-sectional study in southern Ethiopia

• Mohammed Seid ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mohamedseid2005@gmail.com (MS); aseermanilal@gmail.com (AM)

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

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• Getnet Beyene,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Pathology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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• Yared Alemu,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Pathology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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• Bereket Workalemahu,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Arba Minch College of Health Sciences, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8221-0604

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• Mulugeta Delbo,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Arba Minch College of Health Sciences, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

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• Dagimawie Taddesse,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

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• Gelila Biresaw,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

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• Aseer Manilal

  Roles Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mohamedseid2005@gmail.com (MS); aseermanilal@gmail.com (AM)

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1146-8093

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