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Slow acetylator phenotype and genotype in HIV-positive patients with sulphamethoxazole hypersensitivity.
British journal of clinical pharmacology - 1 Feb 2003
Alfirevic Ana, Stalford Anne C, Vilar F Javier, Wilkins Ed G L, Park B Kevin, Pirmohamed Munir
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: To test the role of acetylator status, and to investigate the reported discrepancy between acetylator phenotype and genotype in HIV-positive patients with sulphamethoxazole (SMX) hypersensitivity. METHODS: Forty HIV-positive patients (32 of whom were SMX-hypersensitive), and 26 healthy volunteers, were genotyped by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) analysis, and...
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