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Letters |15 August 1993

Lactic Acidosis and AIDS

Thomas Coyle; Eleanor Abel

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Chattha and colleagues [1] recently reported seven patients with AIDS who had type B lactic acidosis without other obvious causes. We report an additional case of unexplained lactic acidosis in a 25-year-old, HIV-infected patient with hemophilia. He had been receiving zidovudine for 10 months, had a CD4 count ranging from 230/L to 160/L, and had been symptomatic with ophthalmic herpes zoster 2 years before. He had a hepatitis C infection and mild chronic elevations of his transaminase levels. His symptoms in June 1990 were anorexia, hyperventilation, and weight loss, and he was found to have lactic acidosis...
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Coyle T, Abel E. Lactic Acidosis and AIDS. Ann Intern Med. 1993;119:343–345. doi: https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-119-4-199308150-00022

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 1993;119(4):343-345.

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-119-4-199308150-00022

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