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An adequate therapeutic response was defined as completely improved disease signs and symptoms after medication use for a minimum of 6 months, followed by normalized hematological and biochemical changes, radiological improvements, and negative mycological examination findings. Medical records were analyzed for 244 patients with nonsevere chronic PCM who were treated between 1998 and 2014. In total, 41.9% of the patients had PCM for \u2265 8 months. Seven (2.9%) patients were coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The median (25%, 75% percentiles) treatment duration was 21 (10, 25) months. Adequate treatment adherence was reported by 68.3% of patients. In addition, 73.6% of patients exhibited an adequate therapeutic response. The majority (82.6%) of patients who were treated with SMX-TMP for &gt; 24 months displayed an adequate therapeutic response, and the frequency of adequate therapeutic response gradually decreased as the duration of treatment decreased. Treatment nonadherence (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.001) and PCM-HIV coinfection (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.019) were factors associated with therapeutic failure. The study results support the good efficacy of SMX-TMP. Attention should be given to PCM-HIV coinfection, emphasizing the concern of a higher risk of PCM therapeutic failure in these patients.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.16-0255","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,8,3]],"date-time":"2017-08-03T06:05:19Z","timestamp":1501740319000},"page":"556-562","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Therapeutic Response in Adult Patients with Nonsevere Chronic Paracoccidioidomycosis Treated with Sulfamethoxazole\u2013Trimethoprim: A Retrospective Study"],"prefix":"10.4269","volume":"97","author":[{"given":"Andreia F.","family":"Nery","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Julio M\u00fcller University Hospital, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Cuiaba, Brazil;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Natasha P.","family":"Crepaldi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Julio M\u00fcller University Hospital, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Cuiaba, Brazil;"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Soraya B. 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