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=0.0005 (CBZ-
=0.005 (PHT-SJS
P=0.001 (overall)
NS for drug exanthem
1×LTG and 1xPHT
(HLA-B*15:02 positive)
242.61), P
SJS group)
OR 18.5 (95% CI: 1.82–
188.40), P
group)
CBZ-drug exanthem and
PHT-drug exanthem NS
Controls
(n) Signicant associations Statistical analyses
=0.02
c
OR 19.22 (95% CI: 1.01–
365), P=0.012
OR 14.59 (95% CI: 0.74–
289), P=0.037
OR 8.5 (95% CI: 0.79–423),
P
HLA-B*58:01
P=0.045
HLA-DRB1*13:01
13
(continued)
AED-tolerant 48 HLA-B*15:02 OR 17.6 (95% CI: 2.9–105.2),
24
2 TEN
4 SJS
2 DRESS
Culprit
drugs Case phenotype Cases (n) Control phenotype
PHT
LTG
Study Location
Table 3 Studies that have reported genetic variants associated with hypersensitivity to aromatic antiepileptic drugs
Man etal. (2007) China CBZ
AED-tolerant 50 HLA-B*15:02 OR 25.5 (95% CI: 2.68–
31
6 CBZ-SJS
4 PHT-SJS
16 drug exanthem
5 CBZ-drug
PHT
LTG
Thailand CBZ
Locherernkul
etal. (2008)
exanthem
9 PHT-drug
exanthem
OXC
CLoB
3 CBZ/PHT-drug
exanthem
3 CBZ/LVT
1 LTG-drug
exanthem
1 OXC-drug
exanthem
LTG-tolerant 43 HLA-A*68:01
22
1 CLB-drug
exanthem
Europe LT G SJS/TEN 17 Healthy controls 1822 HLA-B*38 OR 6.8 (95% CI: 2.2–21),
Lonjou etal.
12 DRESS
UK LT G 10 SJS/TEN
Kazeem etal.
(2009)
(2008)
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OR 5.1 (95% CI: 1.8–15.1),
P=0.0041 (PHT)
NS (LTG-SJS)
OR 80.7 (95% CI: 3.8–
1714.4), P=8.4×10
HLA-B*13:01
HLA-Cw*08:01
HLA-DRB1*16:02
273 HLA-B*15:02
Controls
(n) Signicant associations Statistical analyses
67 LTG-tolerant, 93
healthy controls
35 113 PHT-tolerant,
OR 3.7 (95% CI: 1.4–10.0),
P=0.0154 (PHT)
OR 3.0 (95% CI: 1.1–7.8),
P=0.0281 (PHT)
OR 4.3 (95% CI: 1.4–12.8),
P=0.0128
NS against OXC-tolerant
controls
OR 8.8 (95% CI: 1.853–
81 HLA-B*15:02
9 OXC-tolerant
72 healthy controls
detected
41.790), P=0.011 (healthy)
292 HLA-B No signicant association
28 LTG-tolerant
264 healthy
13
detected
controls
OXC-tolerant 35 HLA-B No signicant association
86 Healthy controls 1296 NA No signicant association
detected
22.460), P=0.018 (healthy
controls)
1264 HLA-B*38:02 OR 6.239 (95% CI: 1.783–
28 OXC-tolerant
1236 population
controls
26 PHT-SJS/TEN
6 LTG-SJS
3 OXC-SJS
Culprit
drugs Case phenotype Cases (n) Control phenotype
LTG,
OXC
Taiwan PHT,
(continued)
Study Location
Hung etal.
Table 3
(2010)
42 LTG-drug
exanthem
3 LTG-DRESS
1 LTG-SJS
40 PHT-drug
exanthem
11 drug exanthem
PHT
UK (GWAS) LTG
McCormack
Hu etal. (2011) China OXC Drug exanthem 9
Shi etal. (2011) China LT G 2 SJS
He etal. (2012) China OXC Drug exanthem 14
etal. (2012)
4 PHT-DRESS
Lv etal. (2013) China OXC Drug exanthem 14
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15
(continued)
P=0.033
P=0.003
HLA-DRB1*14:05
Increased in CBZ-drug
exanthem vs. CBZ-tolerant
P=0.037
HLA-B*58:01
166 HLA-A*02:01
52 CBZ-tolerant
42 LTG-tolerant
72 healthy controls
83
P=0.024
HLA-DRB1*03:01
Reduced in CBZ-drug
exanthem vs. CBZ-tolerant
P=0.013
P=0.013
Increased in LTG-drug
HLA-A*30:01
HLA-B*13:02
exanthem vs. LTG-tolerant
HLA-A*33:03 P=0.048
exanthem vs. LTG-tolerant
P=1.1×10
Reduced in LTG-drug
3785 CYP2C9*3 OR 12 (95% CI: 6.6–20),
130 PHT-tolerant
3655 healthy
controls
183
=0.0048 (LTG-tolerant)
P<0.03 (PB)
Not signicant with PHT or
c
PB
No association HLA-B*15:02
P
P<0.0001 (healthy)
B*35:01:01/C*04:01:01
40 CYP2C19*2 OR 4.5 (95% CI: 1.17–17.37),
CBZ-tolerant
controls
40 PB-, PHT- and
256 HLA-A*02:01:01/
31 AED-tolerant
225 healthy
20
=0.0179 (PHT-tolerant)
c
Increased in LTG-MPE vs.
tolerant and healthy controls
HLA-C*08:01 P
volunteers
<0.0001 (healthy)
c
P
Increased in PHT-MPE vs.
tolerant and healthy controls
40 CBZ-drug
exanthem
43 LTG-drug
exanthem
LTG
Li etal. (2013) China CBZ
44 DRESS
78 drug exanthem
PHT 61 SJS/TEN
Taiwan
Japan
Malaysia
(GWAS)
Chung etal.
(2014)
18PB-DRESS,
2PB-SJS/TEN
15 PHT-DRESS, 2
PHT
CBZ
Thailand PB
Manuyakorn
etal. (2013)
PHT-SJS/TEN
3 CBZ-SJS
4 CBZ-drug
Mexico CBZ
Fricke-Galindo
exanthem
1 PHT-drug
exanthem
PHT
LTG
etal. (2014)
10 LTG-drug
exanthem
4 LTG-SJS
1 CBZ/PHT-drug
exanthem
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1.108), P=0.04
Controls
(n) Signicant associations Statistical analyses
AED-tolerant 50 HLA-A*24:02 OR 0.130 (95% CI: 0.015–
10
36.74), P=0.043 (tolerant
controls)
OR 4.86 (95% CI: 1.01–
23.47), P=0.049 (healthy
controls)
Above only for patients with
SJS
70 HLA-B*15:02 OR 6.25 (95% CI: 1.06–
32 AED-tolerant
38 healthy
volunteers
17
(paediatrics)
OR 14.52 (95% CI: 1.18–),
P=0.044 (tolerant controls)
OR 4.43 (95% CI 1.39–
13.97), P=0.016 (healthy
controls)
431 CYP2C9*3
16 PHT-tolerant
19 PB-tolerant
396 healthy
volunteers
37
(paediatric)
1 CBZ-TEN
3 CBZ-drug
exanthem
1 OXC--drug
exanthem
Culprit
drugs Case phenotype Cases (n) Control phenotype
OXC
PHT
LTG
China CBZ
(continued)
Study Location
Wang etal.
Table 3
(2014)
3 LTG-drug
exanthem
1 PHT-SJS
1 PHT-drug
exanthem
4 CBZ-SJS
Sun etal. (2014) China CBZ
2 CBZ-DRESS
5 CBZ-drug
OXC
PB
exanthem
1 OXC-SJS
3 OXC-drug
exanthem
1 PB-SJS
1 PB-drug
exanthem
2 PHT-SJS/TEN
15 PHT-DRESS
2 PB-SJS/TEN
PB
Thailand PHT
Suvichapanich
etal. (2015)
18 PB-DRESS
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96.31), P=0.0274 (SJS/TEN)
26.62), P=0.0077 (SJS/TEN)
17.54), P=0.0163 (SJS/TEN)
OR 5.18 (95% CI: 1.18–
22.74), P=0.0381 (DRESS)
11.51), P=0.0431 (SJS/TEN)
P=0.0431 (SJS/TEN)
P=0.0495 (SJS/TEN)
13.09), P=0.0133 (SJS/TEN)
23.36), P=0.0251 (SJS)
HLA-C*14:02 OR 6.49 (95% CI: 1.59–
HLA-B*51:01 OR 4.81 (95% CI: 1.32–
HLA-B*38:02 OR 3.70 (95% CI: 1.19–
HLA-B*58:01 OR 3.15 (95% CI: 1.11–8.91),
HLA-A*33:03 OR 2.70 (95% CI: 1.10–6.63),
CYP2C9*3 OR 4.30 (95% CI: 1.41–
(SJS)
10
18.85), P=0.0003 (DRESS)
767.19), P=0.0046 (DRESS)
18.36), P=0.0478, (DRESS)
99.23), P=1.87×10
HLA-B*13:01 OR 6.76 (95% CI: 2.42–
HLA-B*56:02/04 OR 38.03 (95% CI: 1.88–
CYP2C19*3 OR 4.47 (95% CI: 1.09–
17
(continued)
60 PHT-tolerant 92 HLA-B*56:02 OR 10.40 (95% CI: 1.12–
21 DRESS
Thailand PHT 39 SJS/TEN
Tassaneeyakul
etal. (2016)
PHT-tolerant 100 CYP2C9*3 OR 5.70 (95% CI: 1.39–
36
21 DRESS
Thailand PHT 15 SJS
Yampayon etal.
(2017)
OXC-tolerant 101 HLA-B*15:02 OR 27.90 (95% CI: 7.84–
50
6 DRESS
22 drug exanthem
2 bullous
OXC 20 SJS/TEN
Taiwan/
Thailand
Chen etal.
(2017)
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15
(pooled
5
=0.009 (PHT-SJS/
=0.005 (CBZ-SJS/
V. L. M. Yip and M. Pirmohamed
=0.005 (LTG-
=0.033, (CBZ-
24.86), P=5.63 × 10
only)
HLA-A*24:02 OR 3.15 (95% CI: 1.86–5.32),
Controls
(n) Signicant associations Statistical analyses
81 AED-tolerant 322 HLA-B*15:02 OR 12.37 (95% CI 6.16–
analysis—CBZ, LTG and
PHT)
P=1.02×10
314 HLA-A*02:01/Cw15:02 OR 14.75 (95% CI: 1.54–
26 61 AED-tolerant
167.00), P
TEN vs. tolerant controls)
98.04), P=0.002 (PHT/
LTG-SJS/TEN vs. tolerant
controls)
OR 115.0.0 (95% CI:
HLA-B*38:01 OR 13.81 (95% CI: 2.18–
253 healthy
volunteers
4.68–81.09), <0.001
(LTG-SJS/TEN vs. tolerant
controls)
24.72), P
TEN vs. tolerant controls)
HLA-A*11:01 OR 36.33 (95% CI: 1.54–
HLA-A*24:02 OR 23.50 (95% CI: 2.49–
553.98), P=0.001 (PHT/
LTG-DRESS vs. tolerant
controls)
OR 27.77 (95% CI: 1.5–
17.33), P
DRESS vs. tolerant controls)
747.87), P
induced DRESS vs. tolerant
controls)
HLA-A*31:01 OR 29.50 (95% CI: 1.73–
56 CBZ-SJS/TEN
22 LTG-SJS/TEN
13 PHT-SJS/TEN
Culprit
drugs Case phenotype Cases (n) Control phenotype
LTG
PHT
(continued)
Study Location
Table 3
Shi etal. (2017) China CBZ
2 CBZ-SJS/TEN
4 CBZ-DRESS
3 LTG-SJS/TEN
3 LTG-DRESS
9 PHT-SJS/TEN
LTG
PHT
PB
Spain CBZ
Ramírez etal.
(2017)
5 PHT-DRESS
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(PHT-MPE)
) (CBZ-SCAR)
11
9
56.60), P=0.003 (SJS/TEN
vs. tolerant controls)
OR 59.00 (95% CI: 2.49–
1395.74), P=0.003 (DRESS
vs. tolerant controls)
23.10), P=0.016 (SJS/TEN
vs. tolerant controls)
P=4.5×10
P=1.2×10
25.00), P=0.022 (DRESS)
29.35), P=0.039 (DRESS)
106.89), P=0.044 (SJS/TEN)
19
HLA-B*15:02 OR 5.71 (95% CI: 1.41–
332 HLA-B*15:13 OR 11.28 (95% CI: 2.25–
300 healthy
volunteers
16 32 PHT-tolerant
3 DRESS
HLA-A*31:01 OR 8.0 (95% CI: 4.10–15.80),
1321 CHFR4 (rs78239784) OR 7 (95% CI: 3.2–16),
844 LTG-tolerant
530 PHT-tolerant
323 1066 CBZ-tolerant
180 CBZ-drug
exanthem
134 LTG-drug
exanthem
CBZ
LTG
PHT
709 HLA-B*51:01 OR 5.83 (95% CI: 1.36–
649 healthy
22 60 PHT-tolerant
74 PHT-drug
exanthem
5 SJS/TEN
PHT 17 DRESS
HLA-C*14:02 OR 5.85 (95% CI: 1.16–
HLA-B*38:02 OR 12.67 (95% CI: 1.50–
volunteers
Malaysia PHT 13 SJS/TEN
Chang etal.
(2017)
Europe/
China
(GWAS)
Devi (2018) India PHT SJS/TEN 8 PHT-tolerant 11 HLA-B*15:02 Not signicant
McCormack
etal. (2018)
Thailand
(paediatric)
Manuyakorn
etal. (2020)
AED antiepileptic drug, CBZ carbamazepine, DRESS drug reaction with eosinophils and systemic symptoms, GWAS genome-wide association study, LTG lamotrigine, OXC
oxcarbazepine, OR odds ratio, PB phenobarbitone, PHT phenytoin, SCAR severe cutaneous adverse reaction, SJS Stevens–Johnson syndrome, TEN toxic epidermal necrolysis
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In European patients, two studies have reported signicant association between HLA- B*38:01 and lamotrigine-induced SJS/TEN (Lonjou et al. 2008; Ramírez et al. 2017). However, the numbers of patients in both studies were relatively small with 17 (Lonjou etal. 2008) and 3 cases (Ramírez etal. 2017) of lamotrigine­induced SJS/TEN, respectively. A GWAS in Europeans was unable to detect any signicant associations in patients presenting mainly with lamotrigine-induced drug exanthem (McCormack etal. 2012). A study from the UK with 22 patients presenting with either lamotrigine-induced SJS/ TEN (n=10) or DRESS (n=12) did not detect any signicant HLA associations (Kazeem etal.
2009). Several studies in patients from Taiwan
(Hung et al. 2010) and China (Shi et al. 2011,
2017) were also unable to detect an association
between lamotrigine hypersensitivity and HLA- B*15:02. Given the small numbers studied, and the contradictory data, there is no good evidence to suggest that genetic screening should be car­ried out before the use of lamotrigine. The only factor that has been shown to reduce the inci­dence of lamotrigine cADRs is to start at a low dose and escalate slowly, especially in patients on concomitant sodium valproate.
The association between HLA-B*15:02 and susceptibility to phenytoin-induced SJS/TEN is unclear. One study in Thai patients and a second study from Taiwan detected a signicant associa­tion between HLA-B*15:02 and phenytoin-SJS/ TEN (Locharernkul et al. 2008; Hung et al.
2010). Subsequent studies in Thai (Tassaneeyakul
etal. 2016), Chinese (Shi etal. 2017) and Indian (Devi 2018) patients were unable to replicate the association. Phenytoin is primarily metabolised by CYP2C9, and loss-of-function mutations (e.g. CYP2C9*2/*3) reduce metabolism by 25–50% and have been associated with increased adverse events, since phenytoin has a narrow therapeutic range and a nonlinear pharmacokinetic prole (Silvado etal. 2018). A GWAS in 183 Taiwanese, Japanese and Malaysian patients with phenytoin­induced SJS/TEN, DRESS and drug exanthem reported a signicant association with carriage of CYP2C9*3 (Chung etal. 2014). Interestingly, the
authors were able to detect delayed clearance of plasma phenytoin in patients with severe cADR providing a mechanistic link to the manifestation of hypersensitivity. The association between CYP2C9*3 and phenytoin hypersensitivity was replicated in a cohort of paediatric patients with phenytoin-SJS/TEN and two further cohorts of Thai patients with phenytoin-induced DRESS and SJS/TEN (Tassaneeyakul et al. 2016; Suvichapanich et al. 2015; Yampayon et al.
2017). The association was not detected in a
GWAS of 44 European patients presenting pri­marily with phenytoin-induced drug exanthem (n=40) (McCormack etal. 2012). A more recent GWAS in both European and Han Chinese patients reported that an intronic variant in the complement factor H-related 4 gene (CFHR4), rs78239784, was associated with phenytoin­induced drug exanthem (McCormack et al.
2018). These results suggest that aberrant com-
plement activation may play a role as a potential causal mechanism in a subset of phenytoin­sensitive patients. The genetic predisposition to phenytoin hypersensitivity thus presents a much more complex picture than carbamazepine, with a possibility of an association with HLA-B*15:02, CYP2C9*3 and CFH. Given the low use of phe­nytoin now, any further studies will have to com­bine forces worldwide to have adequate statistical power to detect genetic variants of low effect size.
The CPIC recommends consideration of geno­typing for HLA-B*15:02 in patients considering phenytoin therapy regardless of ethnicity. If patients are positive for HLA-B*15:02, alterna­tive AEDs should be considered. Where avail­able, genotyping for CYP2C9 should also be considered for patients who are HLA-B*15:02 negative. The CPIC also make recommendations for dose adjustments depending on CYP2C9 gen­otype (Caudle etal. 2014). Screening for HLA- B*15:02 prior to phenytoin therapy was found to be cost-effective in a population from Singapore as part of screening for both phenytoin and carba­mazepine (Dong etal. 2012). However, it was not cost-effective based on patient data from Hong Kong (Chen etal. 2016).
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5 Allopurinol Hypersensitivity
andHLA-B*58:01
The association between HLA-B*58:01 and allopurinol hypersensitivity was rst reported in a Taiwanese population (Hung et al. 2005).
Allopurinol is a xanthine oxidase inhibitor used in the treatment of gout (Ramasamy etal. 2013). Allopurinol hypersensitivity can manifest as severe cADRs including SJS/TEN and DRESS with an incidence of 0.69 per 1000 person years (Kim etal. 2013). The HLA-B*58:01 allele has been signicantly associated with susceptibility to multiple phenotypes of allopurinol hypersensi­tivity in populations globally (Table4).
Table 4 Studies that have reported genetic variants associated with allopurinol hypersensitivity
Study Location Hung etal.
Taiwan 3 TEN
(2005)
Lonjou etal.
Europe SJS/TEN 31 Healthy (2008) Kaniwa etal.
Japan SJS/TEN 10 Healthy (2008)
Tassaneeyakul
Thailand SJS/TEN 27 Allopurinol etal. (2009)
Kang etal.
Korea 20 DRESS (2011)
Cao etal.
China 13 SJS/TEN (2012)
Tohkin etal. (2013)
Niihara etal.
Japan
(GWAS)
Japan 3 SJS (2013)
Case phenotype
5 SJS/TEN 13 SJS 30 DRESS
5 SJS/TEN
3 DRESS 22 drug exanthem
SJS/TEN 14 Healthy
4 erythema multiforme
Cases
Control
(n)
phenotype
51 135
allopurinol tolerant 93 healthy subjects
controls
controls
tolerant
25 Allopurinol
tolerant
38 63
allopurinol tolerant 572 healthy controls
controls
7 Allopurinol
tolerant
Patients with severe cutaneous adverse reactions (SJS/TEN and DRESS) were included in this cohort. Subsequent studies in Korean (Kang etal.
2011), Japanese (Niihara etal. 2013), Portuguese
(Gonçalo et al. 2013) and Chinese patients (Cheng et al. 2015) replicated the association between carriage of HLA-B*58:01 and suscepti­bility to severe cutaneous manifestations of allo­purinol hypersensitivity. Several authors have
Controls (n)
228 HLA-B*58:01 OR 580.3 (95% CI:
1822 HLA-B*58:01 OR 61 (95% CI:
493 HLA-B*58:01 OR 40.8 (95% CI:
54 HLA-B*58:01 OR 348.3 (95% CI:
57 HLA-B*58:01 OR 97.8,
635 HLA-B*58:01 OR 580.07 (95% CI:
991 HLA-B*58:01 OR 66.8 (95% CI:
25 HLA-B*58:01 OR 65.6 (95% CI:
Signicant associations Statistical analyses
HLA-Cw*03:02 OR 82.1,
HLA-A*33:03 OR 20.5,
34.4–9780.9),
P
=4.7×10
c
24
(tolerant) OR 393.51 (95% CI:
23.23–6665.26),
P
=8.1×10
c
18
(healthy)
32–118), P<10
8
10.5–158.9), P<0.0001
19.2–633.6),
P=1.6×10
P
=2.45×10
c
P
=9.39×10
c
P
=3.31×10
c
32.18–10,456.8), P=7.01 × 10
13
18
11
11
6
(tolerant) OR 471.09 (95% CI:
28.66–7744.39), P=3.15 × 10
38
(healthy)
19.8–225.0), P=2.44×10
2.9–1497.0), P=9.733×10
8
4
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Table 4
Study Location Gonçalo etal.
(2013)
Cheng etal. (2015)
Sukasem etal. (2016)
DRESS drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms, GWA SJS Stevens–Johnson syndrome, TEN toxic epidermal necrolysis
Portugal 6 SJS
China 11 TEN
Thailand 13 SJS/TEN
Case phenotype
9 DRESS 6 drug exanthem
7 SJS/TEN 33 SJS 41 DRESS
10 DRESS 7 drug exanthem
Cases
Control
(n)
phenotype
31 Allopurinol
tolerant
92 75
allopurinol tolerant 99 healthy controls
30 100
allopurinol tolerant 1095 healthy controls
Controls (n)
23 HLA-B*58:01 OR 99.59 (95% CI
174 HLA-B*58:01 OR 127.6 (95% CI:
1195 HLA-B*58:01 OR 696.00 (95% CI:
V. L. M. Yip and M. Pirmohamed
Signicant associations Statistical analyses
17.91–553.72) (SJS) OR 85.36 (95% CI:
32.52–224.04) (HSS) Not signicant for drug exanthem
40.85–398.61), P=3.49×10 (tolerant) OR 154.86 (95% CI:
50.86–471.53). P=5.06×10 (healthy)
74.81–6475.01), P<0.001 (all phenotypes vs. tolerant) OR 579.00 (95% CI:
29.50–11362.67), P<0.001 (SJS/TEN vs. tolerant) OR 430.33 (95% CI:
22.64–8958.88), P<0.001 (HSS vs. tolerant) OR 144.00 (95% CI:
13.85–1497.03), P<0.001 (drug exanthem vs. tolerant)
genome-wide association study, OR odds ratio,
30
36
reported associations between allopurinol­induced SJS/TEN and presence of HLA-B*58:01 in European (Lonjou et al. 2008), Japanese (Kaniwa et al. 2008) and Thai patients (Tassaneeyakul et al. 2009). A GWAS in 14 Japanese patients with allopurinol-induced SJS/ TEN reported a signicant association with HLA- B*58:01 when compared with healthy volunteers (Tohkin etal. 2013).
A study in 38 Chinese patients with allopuri­nol hypersensitivity included 22 subjects pre­senting with allopurinol-induced drug exanthem and detected a signicant association between HLA- B*58:01 and all phenotypes of allopurinol hypersensitivity (Cao etal. 2012). The associa­tion with drug exanthem was replicated in a Thai cohort of 30 patients with 7 subjects in the study
presenting with allopurinol-induced drug exan­them (Sukasem etal. 2016). However, a separate study in Portuguese patients with 6 allopurinol­induced drug exanthem patients was unable to detect a signicant association with HLA- B*58:01 (Gonçalo et al. 2013). Taken together the association between allopurinol-induced drug exanthem and HLA-B*58:01 requires fur­ther investigation.
A large prospective study in 2926 Taiwanese patients screened patients for carriage of HLA- B*58:01 prior to treatment with allopurinol (Ko et al. 2015). Subjects who tested positive for HLA-B*58:01 were prescribed alternative treat­ment: no subjects in the study developed a seri­ous cADR to allopurinol. A signicant difference was detected as 7 cases of serious cADRs would