Brief Report: Frequency of Monitoring Kidney Function in HIV-Uninfected Persons Using Daily Oral Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate Pre-exposure Prophylaxis
BACKGROUND:Wide-scale implementation of oral tenofovir-based pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention is now policy in many settings. However, the optimal frequency for monitoring kidney function remains uncertain. We investigated the impact of 6-monthly compared with 3-monthly creatinine...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2018-02, Vol.77 (2), p.206-211 |
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Zusammenfassung: | BACKGROUND:Wide-scale implementation of oral tenofovir-based pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention is now policy in many settings. However, the optimal frequency for monitoring kidney function remains uncertain. We investigated the impact of 6-monthly compared with 3-monthly creatinine clearance (CrCl) monitoring on the identification of moderate kidney dysfunction, defined as CrCl |
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ISSN: | 1525-4135 1944-7884 |
DOI: | 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001575 |