Severe acute hepatitis due to retroviral rebound syndrome after discontinuation of highly active antiretroviral therapy - 16/08/11
Doi : 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.06.001
Alexandre Prehn Zavascki ⁎ 
Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital São Lucas da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre-RS, Brazil
Address: Hospital São Lucas da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Serviço de Infectologia, 6690 Ipiranga Avenue, 90610-000 Porto Alegre-RS, Brazil. Tel./fax: +55 51 33621850.Summary |
A case of a 36-year-old female patient who presented a mononucleosis-like syndrome with severe acute hepatitis after discontinuation of antiretroviral therapy. Retroviral rebound syndrome is a relatively novel syndrome possible to occur after the discontinuation of antiretroviral therapy. This is the first case reported in the literature of severe acute hepatitis associated with this syndrome.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : AIDS, Highly active antiretroviral therapy, Hepatitis
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The British Infection Society. Publié par Elsevier Masson SAS. Tous droits réservés.
Vol 52 - N° 3
P. e93-e94 - mars 2006 Retour au numéro
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