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  Case Report on Nevirapine Induced Exfoliative Dermatitis

  By R. Rohith, R. Siddarama, Gangula Amareswara Reddy, P. Gowtham, R. Phanindra Nayak, M. Venkata Subbaiah

  Abstract: Nevirapine is the first drug of non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTI) class to treat seropositive patients, administered along with protease inhibitors and/or NRTIs. Nevirapine binds directly to reverse transcriptase (RT) and blocks the RNA-dependent and DNA-dependent polymerase enzyme. Exfoliative dermatitis is wide spread erythema and scaling of skin caused by pre-existing skin disorders, drugs and cancer, unknown causes. HIV infected patients are more prone to Exfoliative Dermatitis. This is a …

  Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Medicine · Vol. 5, Issue 2, 2015 · pp. 7–10 Read article →