Risk factors for treatment interruption and severe adverse effects to benznidazole in adult patients with Chagas disease.

Mario Javier OliveraZulma M CucunubáCarlos A Valencia-HernándezRafael HerazoDiana Agreda-RudenkoCarolina FlórezSofía DuqueRubén S Nicholls

Published in: PloS one (2017)

Dose, severity of ADRs, eosinophilia and female sex were the main predictors for treatment interruption or severe ADRs. The potential implications of these findings are discussed.

Keyphrases

risk assessment
human health