Severe abacavir hypersensitivity reaction in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection: a case report
Abstract Background Abacavir is a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor that is used as a component of the antiretroviral treatment regimen in the management of the human immunodeficiency virus for both adults and children.It is efficacious, but its use may be limited by a hypersensitivity reaction linked with the HLA-B*57:01 genotype.HLA-B*57