A Man With Acute Gouty Arthritis, Chronic Hyperuricemia, HLA-B58-01 Allele
In this video, Monica Richey, MSN, ANP-BC/GNP, discusses the clinical challenges and strategies of managing a patient with acute gouty arthritis and chronic hyperuricemia, including the variant HLA-B*58:01 allele, which is strongly associated with severe cutaneous adverse reactions during treatment with allopurinol. This is part one of a two-part case presentation series on patients with gout.