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A deletion mutation in region V of the cytomegalovirus DNA polymerase sequence confers multidrug resistance.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Dec 2000
Chou S, Miner R C, Drew W L
Abstract excerpt
A patient with AIDS and cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis received ganciclovir and foscarnet for 20 and 5 months, respectively, with evidence of periodic disease progression. After this therapy, a CMV isolate from the patient was resistant to ganciclovir, foscarnet, and cidofovir. Sequence analysis showed a known ganciclovir resistance mutation in the viral UL97 phosphotransferase (L595F) and a new mutation in...
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