Emtricitabine-induced pure red cell aplasia

Emtricitabine-induced pure red cell aplasia

Introduction: Anemia is common in HIV. Parvo B19 infection is a well-recognised cause of red cell aplasia. Other causes of persistent pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) include anti-retroviral drugs such as zidovudine and lamivudine. We describe a case of PRCA that strongly implicates emtricitabine as the...

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Main Authors: Nithendra Manickchund, Camille du Plessis, Melanie-Anne A. John, Thandekile C. Manzini, Bernadett I. Gosnell, Richard J. Lessells, Yunus S. Moosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2019-09-01
Series:Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine
Subjects:
emtricitabine
pure red cell aplasia
drug induced
rare drug toxicity
adverse drug reaction
antiretroviral
Online Access:https://sajhivmed.org.za/index.php/hivmed/article/view/983

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