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Liver transplantation for fulminant hepatitis related to nevirapine therapy

✍ Scribed by Sophie Buyse; Eric Vibert; Mylène Sebagh; Teresa Antonini; Philippe Ichai; Denis Castaing; Didier Samuel; Jean-Charles Duclos-Vallée

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2006
Tongue
English
Weight
270 KB
Volume
12
Category
Article
ISSN
1527-6465

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✦ Synopsis

Drug-induced hepatotoxicity is an important cause of hepatocellular injury. Non-nucleoside retroviral transcriptase inhibitors are known to cause hepatotoxicity. We describe a detailed case of fulminant hepatitis induced by nevirapine (Viramune) and treated by liver transplantation.

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