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An association study of HLA with levofloxacin-induced severe cutaneous adverse drug reactions in Han Chinese

Jiang M, Yang J, Yang L, Wang L, Wang T, Han S, Cheng Y, Chen Z et al.

iScience, 2023

806 participants · 9 citations

Abstract

Levofloxacin-induced severe cutaneous adverse drug reactions (LEV-SCARs) remain unexplored. An association study of human leukocyte antigen ( HLA ) alleles with LEV-SCARs among 12 patients, 806 healthy subjects, and 100 levofloxacin-tolerant individuals was performed. The carrier frequencies of HLA-B∗13:01 (odds ratio [OR]: 4.50; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.15–17.65; p = 0.043), HLA-B∗13:02 (OR: 6.14; 95% CI: 1.73–21.76; p = 0.0072), and serotype B13 (OR: 17.73; 95% CI: 3.61–86.95; p = 4.85 × 10 −5 ) in patients with LEV-SCARs were significantly higher than those of levofloxacin-tolerant individuals. Molecular docking analysis suggested that levofloxacin formed more stable binding models with HLA-B∗13:01 and HLA-B∗13:02 than with non-risk HLA-B∗46:01. Mass spectrometry revealed that nonapeptides bound to HLA-B∗13:02 shifted at several positions after exposure to levofloxacin. Prospective screening for serotype B13 (sensitivity: 83%, specificity: 78%) and alternative drug treatment for carriers may significantly decrease the incidence of LEV-SCARs.

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