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Antiviral activity of lamivudine in salvage therapy for multidrug-resistant HIV-1 infection.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 15 Jul 2005
Campbell Thomas B, Shulman Nancy S, Johnson Steven C, Zolopa Andrew R, Young Russell K, Bushman Lane, Fletcher Courtney V, Lanier E Randall, Merigan Thomas C, Kuritzkes Daniel R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Maximum suppression of virus replication is often not achievable for persons infected with multidrug-resistant human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). Available data suggest that lamivudine contributes to partial viral suppression, despite the presence of M184V mutations and high-level phenotypic lamivudine resistance. METHODS: Selective lamivudine withdrawal was studied in 6 subjects who had...
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