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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL SCIENCES
Volume 324, Issue 6, Pages 342-344Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200212000-00011
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acute renal failure; tenofovir; HIV; AIDS; antiviral therapy
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Drug-induced renal failure is a relatively common event in patients infected with HIV. This group of patients receives a number of potentially nephrotoxic medications for a variety of illnesses. The acyclic nucleoside phosphonates cidofovir and adefovir are antivirals that possess significant nephrotoxicity. Interestingly, tenofovir disoproxil fumurate (DF) is structurally similar to these 2 agents, yet seems to be less nephrotoxic based on a few published studies in HIV patients with intact renal function. We present a case in which acute renal failure developed after therapy with tenofovir DF in a patient with HIV and stable chronic kidney disease.
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