Bilateral pedal edema in an HIV patient: Lopinavir/Ritonavir-containing treatment regimen as a potential cause?

Shihab, H.M.; Lutwama, F.; Piloya, T.; Castelnuovo, B.; Kambugu, A.D.; Colebunders, R.

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 3(5): 405-407

2009


ISSN/ISBN: 1972-2680
PMID: 19759513
Document Number: 208549
A large number of patients are switched to second-line antiretroviral therapy, especially in resource limited settings. Lopinavir/Ritonavir is the main drug used in second-line treatment regimens. We describe a patient attending an HIV treatment centre in Kampala, Uganda, who presented with bilateral non-tender pitting inflammatory edema two weeks after switching to a Lopinavir/Ritonavir-containing second-line treatment regimen. The lack of an alternate explanation led us to suspect that Lopinavir/Ritonavir was potentially responsible for the edema.

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