Liver failure in a child receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy and voriconazole

Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Sep 15;37(6):828-30. doi: 10.1086/376985. Epub 2003 Aug 26.

Abstract

We describe a 10-year-old child with vertically transmitted acquired immunodeficiency syndrome who was receiving antiretroviral combination therapy and died of liver failure after beginning voriconazole therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / drug therapy*
  • Anti-HIV Agents / adverse effects*
  • Antifungal Agents / adverse effects*
  • Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active / adverse effects*
  • Child
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
  • Liver Failure / chemically induced*
  • Pyrimidines / adverse effects*
  • Triazoles / adverse effects*
  • Voriconazole

Substances

  • Anti-HIV Agents
  • Antifungal Agents
  • Pyrimidines
  • Triazoles
  • Voriconazole