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Acute renal injury induced by valacyclovir hydrochloride: A case report

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    • Yanning Zhang
    • Yuxi Cong
    • Yan Teng
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    Affiliations: Department of Nephrology, People's Liberation Army No. 202 Hospital, Shenyang, Liaoning 110000, P.R. China
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       https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3905
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Acyclovir has been a frequently used antiviral agent in the clinical treatment of leukemia, acute encephalitis, malignant tumor and herpes simplex. The adverse effects of this drug have been widely described in clinical practice. In the present study, a case of a 35‑year‑old female patient diagnosed with herpes simplex, who developed acute renal injury following treatment with valacyclovir hydrochloride, is described. Kidney biopsy, light microscopy and laboratory examination were performed, and all findings revealed the signs of evident vacuolar degeneration of capillary endothelial and renal tubular epithelial cells, erythrocyte aggregation in partial renal tubule and microvilli exfoliation from epithelial cells. Renal interstitial edema was clearly identified. The clinical evidence observed from this female patient indicated that renal functions should be closely monitored during valacyclovir hydrochloride administration. A variety of effective measures, such as hydration, alkalizing urine, promoting the discharge of medication and the use of antagonists are recommended following the administration of antiviral agents.
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Zhang Y, Cong Y and Teng Y: Acute renal injury induced by valacyclovir hydrochloride: A case report. Exp Ther Med 12: 4025-4028, 2016.
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Zhang, Y., Cong, Y., & Teng, Y. (2016). Acute renal injury induced by valacyclovir hydrochloride: A case report. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 12, 4025-4028. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3905
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Zhang, Y., Cong, Y., Teng, Y."Acute renal injury induced by valacyclovir hydrochloride: A case report". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 12.6 (2016): 4025-4028.
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Zhang, Y., Cong, Y., Teng, Y."Acute renal injury induced by valacyclovir hydrochloride: A case report". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 12, no. 6 (2016): 4025-4028. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3905
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Zhang Y, Cong Y and Teng Y: Acute renal injury induced by valacyclovir hydrochloride: A case report. Exp Ther Med 12: 4025-4028, 2016.
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Zhang, Y., Cong, Y., & Teng, Y. (2016). Acute renal injury induced by valacyclovir hydrochloride: A case report. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 12, 4025-4028. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3905
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Zhang, Y., Cong, Y., Teng, Y."Acute renal injury induced by valacyclovir hydrochloride: A case report". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 12.6 (2016): 4025-4028.
Chicago
Zhang, Y., Cong, Y., Teng, Y."Acute renal injury induced by valacyclovir hydrochloride: A case report". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 12, no. 6 (2016): 4025-4028. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3905
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