Patient Other Injections characteristics -RTV +HPA Time to (weeks) ICS complications
  Age (y), sex CD4 (/μL) RTV (mg) S I Site (dose) Symptom onset Clinical recovery HPA recovery  
Ramanathan 2008 [12] 35, m 470 200   Epidural (2x: 60 mg, 80 mg)   1 9* 12 CD4 decrease, Oral thrush, AVN
Yombi 2008 [22]                        
Case 1 54, f 354 200   IA knee (40 mg)   2 - 39 Symptomatic HPA
Case 2 56, m - 200     Epidural (40 mg)   2 - 22 Symptomatic HPA
Case 3 49, f - 200     IA shoulder (40 mg)     2.5 6 28 Symptomatic HPA
Danaher 2009 [23] 44, m - 100     IA hip joint (80 mg)   0.5 - 9 Diabetes (ICU)
Dort 2009 [24]                        
Case 1 41, m 842 100     Epidural (2x 80 mg)     2 12 32 CD4 decrease, AVN
Case 2 42, f 693 100     Subacromial space (40 mg)   2 13 - CD4 decrease
Herold 2010 [25]                        
Case1 27, f 427 200     Epidural (2x 80 mg)   3 28 28 Oral thrush
Case2 62, m 466 100     Epidural (80 mg)     0.5 13 13 CD4 decrease, AVN
Levine 2010 [9] 41, f - -   Intramuscular (60 mg)     - 24 24 -
Paul 2011 [26]† 49, m - -   IA sacroiliac (3×40 mg)     - - 32 -
Albert 2012 [27] 58, w 400 100   Epidural (-)     4 10 - CD4 decrease
Conway 2012 [28]†                        
Case 1 50, f - -   IA shoulders (2x), troch. Bursae (-)   2 - - Oral thrush, symptomatic HPA
Case 2 58, f 398 -   IA knee (-)     - - 7 CD4 decrease
Fessler 2012 [6]                        
Case1 41, m 871 100   Epidural (80 mg)     0.5 12 >12 Oral thrush
Case 2 47, f 180 100 Epidural (2x 80 mg)   0.5 22 22 Oral thrush
Grierson 2012 [5] 47, f 627 100   Epidural (3x 80 mg) 3 - - Diabetes, hyperlipemia
McManus 2012 [29]† 60, f - - Intramuscular (-) 4 - - -
John 2013[21] 51, m 114 100   Intramuscular (2×40 mg) 2 - - Pulmonary embolism
Maviki 2013 [3]                        
Case 1 39, f 657 -     Epidural (2×40 mg) 0.5 - 32 CD4 decrease, oral thrush
Case 2 47, m - 200     Subacromial bursae (80 mg)   1 - 24 Diabetes
McConkey 2013 [30] 39, f 8 100   Orbital floor (2×40 mg)   - 5 8 -
Eeftinck Schattenkerk 2013 [31] 32, m 430 100   IA acromioclavicular (3×10 mg)     1 12 12 -
Song 2013 [32] 34, f 307 300 Epidural (2×60 mg) 2 23 23 Thrombosis
Time is expressed in weeks and estimated from the last injection day.*20 weeks for total recovery. † Unpublished. AVN: avascular necrosis; CD4: Absolute count of CD4 lymphocytes; f: female; +HPA: hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis substitution; I: use of other CYP3A inhibitor; IA: intra articular; ICU: intensive care unit; m: male; RTV: daily dose of ritonavir; -RTV: ritonavir discontinued; S: use of other non-injected steroids; TCL: triamcinolone; y: years
Table 1: Characteristics of patients with Iatrogenic Cushing Syndrome (ICS) due to drug-drug interaction between injected-triamcinolone and ritonavir.
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