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The cumulative occurrence of resistance mutations in the HIV-1 protease gene is associated with failure of salvage therapy with ritonavir and saquinavir in protease inhibitor-experienced patients.
Antiviral research - 1 Sept 2000
Karmochkine M, Si Mohamed A, Piketty C, Ginsburg C, Raguin G, Schneider-Fauveau V, Gutmann L, Kazatchkine M D, Belec L
Abstract excerpt
Salvage therapy with ritonavir (RTV) and saquinavir (SQV) failed to achieve virological and immunological improvement in 24 HIV-infected patients who discontinued triple therapy with RTV or indinavir (IDV) because of failure or intolerance to treatment. Changes in the HIV-1 protease gene sequence were analyzed prospectively in 14 patients. No primary protease mutation was found prior to the use of protease...
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