Severe efavirenz-induced vacuolar axonopathy complicated by fatal aspiration pneumonia

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1070-1072

  Kenyon, Chris ^a   Mfolozi, Sipho ^b   Croxford, Roland ^b   Colebunders, Robert ^c   Cohen, Karen ^b  

^a University of Cape Town ^*  (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EFAVIRENZ; ETHAMBUTOL; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; ISONIAZID; LAMIVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; OFLOXACIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; PYRIDOXINE; RIFAMPICIN; STAVUDINE;

ADULT; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; ATAXIA; BODY MASS; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; COUGHING; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIZZINESS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EVENING DOSAGE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HIV ASSOCIATED NEPHROPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; UNPLEASANT DREAM; VACUOLAR AXONOPATHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84869059054     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2012.04299.x     Document Type: Letter

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