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Value of preemptive CYP2C19 genotyping in allogeneic stem cell transplant patients considered for pentamidine administration.
Clinical transplantation - 1 Jan 2000
Afrin Lawrence B, Afrin Jessica B
Abstract excerpt
Pneumocystis jirovecii prophylaxis is standard in allogeneic stem cell transplantation (alloSCT), sometimes with pentamidine at a low dose inhaled monthly. Human metabolism of pentamidine depends on cytochrome P450 2C19 (CYP2C19). The frequency of mutant CYP2C19 forms with decreased function (from 2% of Caucasians to 30% of Asians and 79% of certain Polynesians), together with common use of CYP2C19 inhibitors in...
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