Emtricitabine-induced pure red cell aplasia

• Main Authors: Nithendra Manickchund (Author), Camille du Plessis (Author), Melanie-Anne A. John (Author), Thandekile C. Manzini (Author), Bernadett I. Gosnell (Author), Richard J. Lessells (Author), Yunus S. Moosa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: AOSIS, 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Anemia is common in HIV. Parvo B19 infection is a well-recognised cause of red cell aplasia. Other causes of persistent pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) include anti-retroviral drugs such as zidovudine and lamivudine. We describe a case of PRCA that strongly implicates emtricitabine as the...