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Resistance to (-)-2',3'-dideoxy-3'-thiacytidine (3TC) in HIV-1 isolated from paediatric patients.
Antiviral therapy - 1 Apr 1996
Wainberg M A, Lewis L, Salomon H, Gu Z, Keller A, Cammack N, Goldsmith J, Church J, Spira B, Wheeler S, Pizzo P
Abstract excerpt
We conducted detailed virological evaluations of 16 HIV-1-infected paediatric patients treated with 3TC (lamivudine) monotherapy. High-level phenotypic resistance against this compound (up to 2,500-fold) was seen in virtually all cases, usually within 8-12 weeks of initiation of therapy. This was concomitant with the appearance of the M184V mutation in viral reverse transcriptase, previously shown to be...
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