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Abacavir: its use and hypersensitivity


H Rabie
KL Henning
P Schoeman
N de Villiers
GHJ Pretorius
M Cotton

Abstract

Abacavir, a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor, is useful in first- and second-line HIV therapy and as a substitute for stavudine and zidovudine when toxicity is a problem. Although it is safe and well tolerated, a  lifethreatening hypersensitivity reaction can occur. The risk for developing this reaction relates to the presence of specific genotypes, especially HLA-B*5701.

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