Mitochondrial toxicity associated with HAART following liver transplantation in an HIV-infected recipient

Liver Transpl. 2004 May;10(5):699-702. doi: 10.1002/lt.20109.

Abstract

Antiretroviral therapy is not uncommonly associated with drug toxicities, and hepatotoxicity occurs in approximately 20% of individuals prescribed antiretroviral therapy. Mitochondrial toxicity causing lactic acidosis is a rare but fatal complication that has been described in some HIV-infected patients treated with nucleoside analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitors. In this report, we describe the course of an HIV-infected patient receiving antiretroviral therapy who developed lactic acidosis after liver transplantation for HCV-induced liver disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acidosis, Lactic / etiology*
  • Adult
  • Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active / adverse effects*
  • Azepines
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Comorbidity
  • Fluoroquinolones
  • HIV Infections / drug therapy
  • HIV Infections / epidemiology*
  • Hepatitis C / epidemiology*
  • Hepatitis C / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Liver / pathology
  • Liver Transplantation*
  • Male
  • Mitochondria, Liver / drug effects*
  • Mitochondria, Liver / pathology
  • Necrosis
  • Postoperative Period
  • Quinolones

Substances

  • Azepines
  • FA-103
  • Fluoroquinolones
  • Quinolones