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Two months after changing the treatment, he was pain-free and mobilising independently. Despite initial biochemical improvement, hypophosphataemia and proteinuria persisted 6?months after ceasing tenofovir, at which time his serum creatine was 1.45?mg/dL and phosphate was 0.78?mmol/L. Discussion TDF is now recommended as first-line therapy in US Department of Health and Human Services guidelines in HIV management in adults and postpubertal/Tanner stage 4 children (DHHS 2010).9 It belongs to the same class of drugs as adefovir and cidofovir, which have nephrotoxic effects on the proximal tubules, although tenofovir is less nephrotoxic. The renal proximal tubule is a major site for the excretion of TDF. Proximal tubular dysfunction leads to the wasting of substances in the urine that are normally freely filtered by the glomerulus and then reabsorbed by the proximal tubules, such as low-molecular weight proteins (LMWPs), phosphate and glucose. Mild proximal tubular dysfunction may be detected by the asymptomatic presence of LMWPs in the urine, such as retinol-binding protein, whereas severe disease results in the classical renal Fanconi syndrome which the patient developed while taking ART, which included TDF over a 4-year period. Our Crizotinib patient's renal function had been deteriorating over 24?months since starting TDF, which unfortunately was not addressed. This highlights the importance for clinicians to be aware of the potential nephrotoxicity associated with tenofovir as well as bone demineralisation risk. Renal biopsy is not necessary to diagnose tenofovir-related nephrotoxicity in the vast majority of the cases since the diagnosis can be implied based on increased creatine and characteristic findings of Fanconi's syndrome on urinalysis. Glycosuria without hyperglycaemia is also a hallmark. With tenofovir tubulopathy, proteinuria up to 2?g/day is common. Nephrotoxic effects of TDF have usually resolved by 6?months postceasing TDF.10 Although our patient's renal function improved, proteinuria and phosphate wasting persisted at review 9?months postcessation of TDF. A likely explanation for his continuing renal dysfunction would be residual tubular damage from prolonged TDF exposure, which has been shown to be a risk factor for persistent pathology.11 This is differentiated from the underlying glomerulosclerosis by the presence of urinary low molecular weight proteins rather than albuminuria. The patient's urine was negative for albumin. Adult data show the time between the initiation of tenofovir treatment and the detection of renal abnormalities varies from 1 to 26?months.12 In our patient, it appears that the renal deterioration occurred 24�C26?months after the initiation of TDF therapy. Our patient's osteomalacia was probably secondary to hypophosphataemia.