Nephrol Dial Transplant Vol. 20 No. 2 © ERAEDTA 2005; all rights reserved
Letter
Tenofovir-induced acute renal failure in an HIV patient with normal renal function
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Sir,
Tenofovir is a nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor widely used to treat HIV infection. Some cases of acute tubular necrosis and Fanconi's syndrome have been reported, but the drug is usually not considered as nephrotoxic. We would like to report here a first case presenting as acute renal failure related to
1 Department of Nephrology2 Department of Internal Medicine3 Department of Pathology University Hospital of Strasbourg France Email: Thierry.Krummel@chru-strasbourg.fr