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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-10-14
pubmed:abstractText
A toxic sensory neuropathy associated with exposure to inexpensive nucleoside analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) [particularly stavudine (d4T)] causes dilemmas in the management of patients with HIV, especially in resource-poor settings. Here patients (n = 96) attending Pokdisus AIDS Clinic at the Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta who had been treated with d4T were screened for symptomatic neuropathy. Clinical, demographic, and genetic factors were considered as possible neuropathy risk factors. DNA from saliva was used to examine alleles of TNFA-308, BAT1 (intron 10), TNFA-1031, IL1A+4845, and IL12B (3' UTR). The prevalence of neuropathy (symptoms and signs) was 34%. On multivariate analysis, neuropathy following d4T exposure was associated with increasing age, increasing height, and TNFA-1031*2 (model p = 0.0009). Isoniazid exposure (present in 56% of patients) was not associated with neuropathy in this cohort, where all patients had received pyridoxine coadministration. These data suggest that a simple algorithm based on patient age, height, and TNF genotype could be used to predict the individual's risk of symptomatic neuropathy prior to prescription of d4T.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1931-8405
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1281-4
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Can we predict neuropathy risk before stavudine prescription in a resource-limited setting?
pubmed:affiliation
School of Surgery and Pathology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't