Stevens - Johnson syndrome due to nevirapine. 2005

G K Namayanja, and J M Nankya, and J K Byamugisha, and F N Ssali, and C M Kityo, and S D Rwambuya, and R D Mugerwa, and F A Mmiro, and C S Morrison, and R A Salata
Dept of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Makerere University Medical School, Kampala-Uganda, Kampala.

A 25-year-old HIV-infected woman participating in a study of the effects of hormonal contraception on HIV disease progression was started on antiretroviral therapy-Combivir & Nevirapine (NVP) on May 27, 2004. NVP was 200mg daily initially for two weeks to be increased to 200mg bid thereafter. On day twelve, she presented with a mild skin rash on the trunk, purulent conjunctivitis, pharyngitis and fever. She was treated symptomatically and sent home. The following day she returned with a generalized erythematous eruption. She was admitted to JCRC (Joint Clinical and Research Centre) on June 14 and was diagnosed with Stevens - Johnson syndrome (SJS). Antiretroviral therapy was stopped. By July 05, 2004, she had improved and was discharged. After recovery she was restarted on Combivir and Efavirenz and is subsequently doing well on this regimen.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D013262 Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Rare cutaneous eruption characterized by extensive KERATINOCYTE apoptosis resulting in skin detachment with mucosal involvement. It is often provoked by the use of drugs (e.g., antibiotics and anticonvulsants) or associated with PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA. It is considered a continuum of Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis. Drug-Induced Stevens Johnson Syndrome,Drug-Induced Stevens-Johnson Syndrome,Epidermal Necrolysis, Toxic,Lyell's Syndrome,Mycoplasma-Induced Stevens Johnson Syndrome,Mycoplasma-Induced Stevens-Johnson Syndrome,Nonstaphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome,Scalded Skin Syndrome, Nonstaphylococcal,Stevens Johnson Syndrome Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis,Stevens Johnson Syndrome Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Spectrum,Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis,Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Spectrum,Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis,Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Stevens Johnson Syndrome,Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Stevens Johnson Syndrome Spectrum,Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Stevens-Johnson Syndrome,Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Spectrum,Drug Induced Stevens Johnson Syndrome,Drug-Induced Stevens-Johnson Syndromes,Epidermal Necrolyses, Toxic,Lyell Syndrome,Lyell's Syndromes,Mycoplasma Induced Stevens Johnson Syndrome,Necrolyses, Toxic Epidermal,Necrolysis, Toxic Epidermal,Stevens Johnson Syndrome,Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, Drug-Induced,Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, Mycoplasma-Induced,Stevens-Johnson Syndromes, Drug-Induced,Syndrome, Lyell's,Syndrome, Mycoplasma-Induced Stevens-Johnson,Syndromes, Lyell's,Toxic Epidermal Necrolyses
D016896 Treatment Outcome Evaluation undertaken to assess the results or consequences of management and procedures used in combating disease in order to determine the efficacy, effectiveness, safety, and practicability of these interventions in individual cases or series. Rehabilitation Outcome,Treatment Effectiveness,Clinical Effectiveness,Clinical Efficacy,Patient-Relevant Outcome,Treatment Efficacy,Effectiveness, Clinical,Effectiveness, Treatment,Efficacy, Clinical,Efficacy, Treatment,Outcome, Patient-Relevant,Outcome, Rehabilitation,Outcome, Treatment,Outcomes, Patient-Relevant,Patient Relevant Outcome,Patient-Relevant Outcomes
D019380 Anti-HIV Agents Agents used to treat AIDS and/or stop the spread of the HIV infection. These do not include drugs used to treat symptoms or opportunistic infections associated with AIDS. AIDS Drug,AIDS Drugs,Anti-AIDS Agents,Anti-AIDS Drug,Anti-HIV Agent,Anti-HIV Drug,Anti-AIDS Drugs,Anti-HIV Drugs,Agent, Anti-HIV,Agents, Anti-AIDS,Agents, Anti-HIV,Anti AIDS Agents,Anti AIDS Drug,Anti AIDS Drugs,Anti HIV Agent,Anti HIV Agents,Anti HIV Drug,Anti HIV Drugs,Drug, AIDS,Drug, Anti-AIDS,Drug, Anti-HIV,Drugs, AIDS,Drugs, Anti-AIDS,Drugs, Anti-HIV
D019829 Nevirapine A potent, non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor used in combination with nucleoside analogues for treatment of HIV INFECTIONS and AIDS. BI-RG-587,Nevirapine Hemihydrate,Viramune,BI RG 587,BIRG587,Hemihydrate, Nevirapine

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