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

J Infect Dev Ctries. 2009 Jun 1;3(5):405-7. doi: 10.3855/jidc.251.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-HIV Agents / adverse effects*
  • Edema / pathology*
  • HIV Infections / complications*
  • HIV Infections / drug therapy*
  • Humans
  • Leg / pathology*
  • Lopinavir
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pyrimidinones / adverse effects*
  • Ritonavir / adverse effects*
  • Uganda

Substances

  • Anti-HIV Agents
  • Pyrimidinones
  • Lopinavir
  • Ritonavir