Detection of low-frequency K103N mutants after unstructured discontinuation of efavirenz in the presence of the CYP2B6 516 TT polymorphism
Author(s) -
A. Garcia-Diaz,
C. Blok,
Sara Madge,
Clare Booth,
Mervyn Tyrer,
S. Bonora,
Tabitha Mahungu,
Andrew Owen,
M. Johnson,
Anna María Geretti
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkn374
Subject(s) - efavirenz , virology , drug resistance , viral load , population , reverse transcriptase , biology , nevirapine , discontinuation , medicine , immunology , virus , antiretroviral therapy , genetics , polymerase chain reaction , gene , environmental health
To measure antiretroviral drug plasma levels in newly diagnosed HIV-1 seropositive persons who presented with an undetectable plasma HIV-1 RNA load but gave no history of antiretroviral drug exposure and to determine the impact of interrupting undisclosed or unknown antiretroviral therapy on the emergence of drug resistance.
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