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Hypersensitivity to efavirenz treated with corticosteroids in a 6-year-old child
Jeffrey L Foti1, Janice P Piatt
1Bill Holt Pediatric Infectious Disease Clinic, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona 85016, USA. jfoti@phoenixchildrens.com
AIDS Patient Care and Stds
|March 5, 2003
Abstract:
We report a case of the successful use of corticosteroids to treat hypersensitivity caused by efavirenz in a pediatric patient. A 6-year-old HIV-infected patient developed a diffuse erythematous rash and fever after being switched to a regimen containing efavirenz. Use of prednisone at a dose of 1 mg/kg every other day for 2 weeks on rechallenge resulted in successful reinstitution of the regimen.