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ArticleJournal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)2014

Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole treatment does not reverse obstructive pulmonary changes in pneumocystis-colonized nonhuman primates with SHIV infection.

Heather M Kling, Timothy W Shipley, Siobhan Guyach, Rebecca Tarantelli, Alison Morris, Karen A Norris

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Article in Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2023
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  2. Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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  4. Immunization withHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2019
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  8. Colonization by Pneumocystis jirovecii in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: association with exacerbations and lung function status.The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Heather M KlingDepartments of *Immunology; and †Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA.
Timothy W Shipley
Siobhan Guyach
Rebecca Tarantelli
Alison Morris
Karen A Norris
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

Viral Persistence and PathogenesisT32AI049820 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI DELUCA, NEAL A. · 2001 to 2024
$5.5M
Immune response to Pneumocystis in simian model of AIDSR01HL077095 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI NORRIS, KAREN A · 2005 to 2009
$2.4M
Pneumocystis and COPD in a Simian Model of AIDSR01HL083462 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI NORRIS, KAREN A · 2005 to 2009
$1.9M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL077095-01A1NHLBI NIH HHS HL077914-01NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL077095NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL083462NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI049820NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI49820
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDespite antiretroviral therapy and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) prophylaxis, Pneumocystis pneumonia remains an important serious opportunistic infection in HIV-infected persons. Pneumocystis (Pc) colonization in HIV-infected individuals and in HIV-uninfected smokers is associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We previously developed a nonhuman primate model of HIV infection and Pc colonization and demonstrated that Pc colonization correlated with COPD development. In the present study, we examined kinetics of COPD development in non-human primate and tested the effect of Pc burden reduction on pulmonary function by TMP-SMX treatment.

methodsCynomolgus macaques (n = 16) were infected with simian/human immunodeficiency virus (SHIV89.6P), and natural Pc colonization was examined by nested polymerase chain reaction of serial bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and anti-Pc serology.

resultsEleven of 16 monkeys became Pc colonized by 16 weeks post simian-human immunodeficiency virus (SHIV) infection. Pc colonization of SHIV-infected monkeys led to progressive declines in pulmonary function as early as 4 weeks after Pc detection. SHIV-infected and Pc-negative monkeys maintained normal lung function. At 25 weeks post-SHIV infection, TMP-SMX treatment was initiated in 7 Pc-positive (Pc+) (TMP: 20 mg/kg and SMX: 100 mg/kg, daily for 48 weeks) and 5 Pc-negative (Pc-) monkeys. Four SHIV+/Pc+ remained untreated for the duration of the experiment. Detection frequency of Pc in serial bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (P < 0.001), as well as plasma Pc antibody titers (P = 0.02) were significantly reduced in TMP-SMX-treated macaques compared with untreated.

conclusionsReduction of Pc colonization by TMP-SMX treatment did not improve pulmonary function, supporting the concept that Pc colonization results in early, permanent obstructive changes in the lungs of immunosuppressed macaques.

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AnimalsAntibodies, FungalAnti-Infective AgentsBronchoalveolar Lavage FluidLung Diseases, ObstructiveMacacaPneumocystisPneumocystis InfectionsPolymerase Chain ReactionSimian Acquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeTreatment OutcomeTrimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug CombinationAntibodies, FungalAnti-Infective AgentsTrimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination

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PMID24121760
PMCPMC3957095
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