Showing posts with label adverse effects of anti retroviral drugs. Show all posts
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Saturday, May 2, 2009

Causes of Bone marrow suppression in HIV infection

General causes :


1. HIV infection itself
2. Mycobacterial infections
3. Fungal infections
4. B19 Parvovirus infection
5. Lymphoma 


Drugs used in HIV patient which cause Bone marrow suppression :


1. Zidovudine
2. Dapsone
3. trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole
4. Pyrimethamine
5. 5-Flucytosine
6. Ganciclovir
7. Interferon-alpha
8. Trimetrexate
9. Foscarnet