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Antiretroviral drug resistance in human immunodeficiency virus-infected source patients for occupational exposures to healthcare workers.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology - 1 Oct 2003
Beltrami Elise M, Cheingsong Rachanee, Heneine Walid M, Respess Richard A, Orelien Jean G, Mendelson Meryl H, Stewart Mari A, Koll Brian S, Sulis Carol A, Cardo Denise M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of HIV antiretroviral resistance among source patients for occupational HIV exposures. DESIGN: Blood and data (eg, stage of HIV, previous antiretroviral drug therapy, and HIV RNA viral load) were collected from HIV-infected patients who were source patients for occupational exposures. SETTING: Seven tertiary-care medical centers in five U.S. cities (San Diego, California;...
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