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Efavirenz concentrations in CSF exceed IC50 for wild-type HIV
Author(s) -
Brookie M. Best,
P.P. Koopmans,
Scott Letendre,
Edmund V. Capparelli,
Steven S. Rossi,
David B. Clifford,
Ann C. Collier,
Benjamin B. Gelman,
Gilbert Mbeo,
J. Allen McCutchan,
David M. Simpson,
Richard Haubrich,
Ronald J. Ellis,
Igor Grant,
Thomas D. Marcotte,
Donald Franklin,
Thomas S. Alexander,
Robert K. Heaton,
J. Hampton Atkinson,
Steven Paul Woods,
M. Dawson,
Jacqueline Wong,
Christine FennemaNotestine,
Matthew Taylor,
Rebecca J. Theilmann,
Anthony Gamst,
Clint Cushman,
Ian Abramson,
Florin Vaida,
R. Jaeger,
Justin C. McArthur,
Melvyn Smith,
Susan Morgello,
Letty Mintz,
Will Toperoff,
Christina M. Marra,
Timothy A. Jones,
Eleanor Head,
M. Al-Lozi,
Mahlet Belachew
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkq434
Subject(s) - efavirenz , interquartile range , medicine , pharmacokinetics , viral load , pharmacology , gastroenterology , ic50 , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virology , antiretroviral therapy , chemistry , in vitro , biochemistry
HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders remain common despite use of potent antiretroviral therapy (ART). Ongoing viral replication due to poor distribution of antivirals into the CNS may increase risk for HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders. This study's objective was to determine penetration of a commonly prescribed antiretroviral drug, efavirenz, into CSF.

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