@article{3047459, title = "EFFECT OF TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE IN LANGERHANS CELL HISTIOCYTOSIS - PRELIMINARY-OBSERVATIONS", author = "TZORTZATOUSTATHOPOULOU, F and XAIDARA, A and MIKRAKI, V and MOSCHOVI, M and and ARVANITIS, D and AGELOYIANNI, P and PRODROMOU, P", journal = "Medical and Pediatric Oncology", year = "1995", volume = "25", number = "2", pages = "74-78", publisher = "Wiley-Liss, Inc.", issn = "0098-1532, 1096-911X", doi = "10.1002/mpo.2950250205", keywords = "TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; LANGERHANS CELL HISTIOCYTOSIS; THERAPEUTIC EFFECT", abstract = "Twenty-three children with Langerhans’ cell histiocytosis (LCH) have been treated with trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole CT-S) in a 4-year period. The child ren are classified in two main groups according to the extent of their disease. Group A includes 16 children with single system disease and group B, seven children with multisystem disease. All patients were treated for 4 weeks to 3 months. The results of treatment are evaluated in terms of response in individual organs involved. All children with single system disease had a good response to the drug. Children with multisystem disease had a good response to some organs but a poorer outcome for the lungs and for the blood. These patients did not respond even to conventional chemotherapy. (C) 1995 Wiley-Liss, Inc." }