Discordant Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Drug Resistance Mutations, Including K103N, Observed in Cerebrospinal Fluid and Plasma.

Autor: Tashima, K. T., Flanigan, T. P., Kurpewski, J., Melanson, S. M., Skolnik, P. R.
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Zdroj: Clinical Infectious Diseases; 7/1/2002, Vol. 35 Issue 1, p82-83, 2p
Abstrakt: Discordant resistance mutations were seen in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) isolated from specimens of blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) obtained from 3 of 6 patients. To our knowledge, this is the first report of HIV-1 isolated from CSF harboring the K103N mutation, which confers resistance to the nonnucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitors, and this finding may indicate that virus in the CSF replicates independently from virus in the blood compartment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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