Lactic acidosis and hyperlactatemia associated with lamivudine accumulation and sepsis in a kidney transplant recipient-a case report and review of the literature.
AIDS Res Ther
; 18(1): 56, 2021 09 04.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
We report a case of sudden, lethal metabolic acidosis in a 70-year-old man on long-term nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) -based antiretroviral therapy (ART) who had developed atypical necrotizing fasciitis 1 month after kidney transplantation. CASE PRESENTATION The HIV infection of the patient was treated for the last four months with an integrase strand inhibitor (dolutegravir 50 mg/d) plus a NRTI backbone including lamivudine (150 mg/d) and abacavir (600 mg/d). In this renal transplant patient we hypothesize that the co-existence of sepsis, renal failure and an accumulation of lamivudine led to the development of fatal metabolic acidosis and hyperlactatemia. Although lamivudine is only rarely associated with hyperlactatemia, there is evidence that overdose may be a risk factor for developing it. In our patient the lamivudine concentration two days after stopping and during hemodiafiltration was more than 50 times higher than therapeutic target trough concentrations. Likely reasons for this were renal impairment and concurrent treatment with trimethoprim, known to inhibit the renal elimination of lamivudine.CONCLUSIONS:
NRTIs could trigger the development of hyperlactatemia in septic patients. The use of NRTI sparing regimens might be considered in the presence of this critical condition.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Acidose Láctica
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Infecções por HIV
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Transplante de Rim
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Sepse
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Lamivudina
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Fármacos Anti-HIV
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Hiperlactatemia
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
AIDS Res Ther
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Article
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