title: Drug-induced liver injury associated with HIV medications.
abstract: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV infection frequently has been associated with elevated liver enzyme levels. Determining the cause of elevated liver enzyme levels in patients who have HIV is difficult because ART usually consists of three different drugs, patients may be taking additional hepatotoxic medications and patients who have HIV often suffer from other liver diseases. Several agents, however, are recognized as having noteworthy and specific patterns of toxicity. This article reviews the different HIV drug classes, incidence of elevated liver enzyme values by class and by individual drug, risk factors, specific toxicities, and possible mechanisms of injury.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390-9113, USA. mamta.jain@utsouthwestern.edu
authors.forename: Mamta K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Jain
mesh_terms: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D010597:Pharmacogenetics; D018894:Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors / Q000009:adverse effects; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents; D018894:Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors